Cybersecurity Awareness: Investigating Students’ Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks for Sustainable Safe Email Usage in Academic Environment (A Case Study of a Nigerian Leading University)

With the advancement in information communication technology (ICT), cyber-attacks have become a global phenomenon, with email phishing at topmost. Academic institutions' ICT infrastructures are one of many targets, thus need to facilitate cybersecurity awareness among students. This research is aimed investigating students’ susceptibility attacks for sustainable safe electronic mail (email) usage academic environment. Two tests were carried out during this work discover how students reacted phish emails and understand respond where all group members recipients. Finally, questionnaires administered participants after completing exercise ascertain students' based on received emails. The results show that 70.6% college surveyed susceptible form attack due unawareness. In conclusion, recommendations outlined securing community achieve Safe