I have assignment to read a scientific research paper and then formulate its res

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I have assignment to read a scientific research paper and then formulate its research question and this is general idea about the research paper.

Topic: Human factor and information security in higher education

“AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association of lack of awareness and human factors and the association of lack of awareness and signi cant attacks that threat computer security in higher education.

Design/methodology/approach – Five human factors and nine attacks are considered to investigate their relationship. A eld research is conducted on Greek employees in higher education to identify the human factors that affect information security. The sample is consisted of 103 employees that use computers at work. Pearson correlation analysis between lack of awareness and nine (9) computer security risks is performed.

Findings – Examining the association of lack of awareness with these attacks that threat the security of computers, all nine factors of important attacks exert signi cant and positive effect, apart from phishing. Considering the relationship of lack of awareness to human factors, all ve human factors used are signi cantly and positively correlated with lack of awareness. Moreover, all nine important attacks, apart from one, exert a signi cant and positive effect.

Research limitations/implications – The paper extends understanding of the relationship of the human factors, the lack of awareness and information security. The study has focused on employees of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens, namely, teachers, administrators and working post-graduate students.”

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I am puzzled in the wording of the question whether it should be "what" or "how" .I mean is it the question must be "how the human factor and considerable threat related to the lack of awareness regarding to security of computer in higher education environment?" OR "what is the relationship between Human factor and information security in higher education"

Explanation / Answer

"How" seems to be a better choice since this paper basically focuses on the ways how human factors like lack of awareness can lead to attacks/threat to security of computers.

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