Cryptography Exposure Among Secondary School Students

Cryptographic methods of protecting information have recently become the basis for ensuring information security in almost all areas of public life. In this regard, there is a constant need for young talented personnel in this field of science. They could give a new impulse to its development, as well as provide a connection of cryptography with other areas of knowledge. Therefore, this study has been done to identify the awareness among secondary school students towards the concept of cryptography. This study has been conducted through a purposive and convenient sampling method among Kolej GENIUS Insan students via an online survey. The age of the students involved is between 12 and 17 years old. Based on the survey that has been held, the result showed 51.9% of students know about cryptography and 48.1% do not know about it. It can be concluded that cryptography has low exposure among secondary school students. Therefore, a lot of cryptography exposure programs need to be held among secondary students to increase their awareness of cryptography.