Exploring end-user smartphone security awareness within a South African context

International research has shown that users are complacent when it comes to smartphone security behaviour. This is contradictory, as users perceive data stored on the `smart´ devices to be private and worth protecting. Traditionally less attention is paid to human factors compared to technical security controls (such as firewalls and antivirus), but there is a crucial need to analyse human aspects as technology alone cannot deliver complete security solutions. Increasing a user´s knowledge can improve compliance with good security practices, but for trainers and educators to create meaningful security awareness materials they must have a thorough understanding of users´ existing behaviours, misconceptions and general attitude towards smartphone security.