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. 2021 Jan 25;7(1):e06016. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06016

Table 1.

Summary of current studies about cybercrime awareness in Saudi Arabia.

Study & Year # of subjects Purpose of the study
Alotaibi et al. [19], 2016 629 Detailed survey of the cybersecurity awareness among people in Saudi Arabia, with a variety of cases



Innab et al [20], 2018 116 Studied email phishing awareness and security training of employees in governmental and private organizations in Riyadh



Elrasheed & Nadir [21], 2017 132 Studied and assessed cybercrime risks and awareness in AlNamas city in Saudi Arabia, evaluated cybercrime threats, and prescribed ways to protect the security of the local community.



AlSagri et al. [24], 2015 455 Built a survey to examine the general public's privacy awareness for online social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn in Saudi Arabia



Aldossary et al. [25], 2015 123 Studied the relationship between students' knowledge and behavior regarding security risks related to passwords, email, copyright and piracy



Alzamil [26], 2012 134 Explored the perception of employees and managers on information security awareness in some Saudi Arabian organizations



Alarifi et al. [22], 2012 633 Examined the level of information security awareness among the Saudi general public, to address the level of information security awareness based on Saudi culture.



Alzahrani and Alomar [23], 2016 2325 Investigated the level of awareness regarding network security, password, and cloud computing