Cybersecurity Awareness and Digital Safety Practices Among Secondary School Teachers in Urban and Rural Areas of Nashik

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was fast being integrated into the Indian educational system with programs such as Digital India (2015), and National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 changes, leading to a shift in the way students were taught. But that digital turn has also left teachers open to cybersecurity threats, and that is especially the case in high schools, where teachers manage things like sensitive student information. This research paper investigates the cyber security awareness and digital safety practices of secondary school teachers in urban and rural areas in Nashik, Maharashtra through, infrastructure differences, training difference and institutional support variation.