User's awareness survey on 1CITIZEN program in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)

The Malaysia government educates the digital etiquette among teenagers, especially the tertiary education, through a special awareness training program named 1CITIZEN Program. The main objective of the program is to foster national unity via appropriate use of technology. It inspires Netizen to become critical thinkers that understand the ethical consequences of online behavior. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) conducted two survey research – pre and post training sessions - among the participants of the 1CITIZEN Program of the Faculty of Science and Technology, in order to know their level of knowledge related to digital etiquette. This paper discusses the results of the survey research related to the topic of information security. Overall, the findings indicated higher percentage of the participants have either “Knowledgeable and able to clarify well” or “Competent and can put to practice fully” about the related topics in information security after attending the training program, means the participants have better knowledge of the information security compared to their previous knowledge.