Development Of Information Security Awareness Scale

The purpose of the this study is to develop an “information security awareness scale” for faculty members to determine the level of information securty awareness. The study was conducted with 363 faculty members working in various higher education institutions in Turkey. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that the scale consists of 34 items and 2 subscales (‘attacks and threats’ and ‘the protection of personal data’). Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with randomly selected group of 200 academicians among participants. Two-factor structure was confirmed. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient is .97 for the entire scale; .94, .97, respectively, for each subscale. Consequently in this study, a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to determine the level of information security awareness of faculty members has been developed.