A Study on Security Awareness in Mobile Devices

With life becoming mobile in recent years, the use of smartphones is rapidly increasing in daily and business life. The increase in the use of mobile devices has made it increasingly difficult to ensure their security and privacy. Some of the attacks on mobile devices are related to social engineering. The main way to prevent such attacks is user awareness. In this study; A sample field study was conducted on the awareness of public institution personnel about the use of mobile devices. A questionnaire was developed and applied to 120 qualified public employees. Evaluations were made regarding the answers given in the questionnaire. The controls that can be evaluated to be included in the IT audit are specified and recommendations are made for the protection of mobile devices.