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The Effectiveness of Counselling Program develop awareness of cybersecurity among Internet users among secondary school students in Riyadh Region s
This research aims to evaluate the efficacy of a counselling program in fostering cybersecurity awareness among secondary school students in Riyadh Region's, Saudi Arabia. The program's impact on internet users within this specific population will be the primary focus. The sample comprised 30 secondary school students from Riyadh schools, evenly divided into an experimental group (n=15) and a control group (n=15). A cybersecurity awareness test developed by Noura Al-Sanea et al. (2020) was employed. An indicative program designed to cultivate cybersecurity awareness was implemented. The results revealed statistically significant differences (p<0.001) between pre- and post-test scores on the cybersecurity awareness test within the experimental group following the program's application. These differences favored the post-test scores, indicating the program's effectiveness. While the study identified statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) on the post-cybersecurity awareness test scores between the experimental and control groups, further analysis is needed to determine the direction of these differences.
Keywords: awareness of cyber security. Counselling Program