Phishing awareness of the selected college students of Cavite State University - Main Campus amidst COVID-19 pandemic /

Dela Cruz, Kathlene Rose L.

Phishing awareness of the selected college students of Cavite State University - Main Campus amidst COVID-19 pandemic / by Kathlene Rose L. Dela Cruz, Sheenah Marie B. Valdez. - Indang, Cavite : Cavite State University- Main Campus, 2022. - ix, 40 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Industrial Security Management) Cavite State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

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DELA CRUZ, KATHI-ENE ROSE L., VALDEZ, SHEENAH MARIE B. Phishing
Awareness of the Selected College Students of Cavite State University-Main Campus
amidst Covid-19 Pandemic Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Industrial Security
Management. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. 2022. Thesis Adviser: Dr. Marissa
C. Lontoc
This study aimed to determine the phishing awareness and phishing activities that are
encountered by the selected college students of Cavite State University-Main Campus amidst
the COVID-19 Pandemic. Furthermore, the study also wanted to determine the significant
relationship between awareness on phishing and phishing activities.
Descriptive method was used in collecting information and analyzing data of this study.
The primary source of data was the selected college students of Cavite State University-Main
Campus and pure random sampling technique was used in order to select the involved
respondents in the study. The research instrument used was a self-made survey questionnaire
which was distributed through Google Forms and other social media platforms. The

participants of the study, which were 400 selected college students of Cavite State University-
Main Campus, were obtained through the employment of Slovin's formula.

The result of the study showed that the respondents are aware of phishing and phishing
activities that they encountered which they believed was phishing done through SMS. The
study also determined that most of the respondents are young, within the age range of 18-19
years old; they are mostly female junior students of the university. This study concluded that
there is a significant relationship between awareness on phishing and phishing activities.
Majority of the respondents have encountered phishing activities during the current situation of
the COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: Phishing, awareness, phishing activities, pandemic


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