The Degree of Cyber Security Awareness among Teachers in the Directorate of Karak Education

This research aims to find out how much teachers in Karak Education Directorate know about cyber security and ways to improve their knowledge. It also tries to see if there were differences in how much they knew about cyber security. The different things that can help teachers become more aware include their gender, education level, the subjects they teach, and how long they have been teaching. The research used a method called descriptive survey to study (271) male and female teachers. The survey is distributed to these people to reach the study goal, and the validity and reliability of the survey are verified. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which are that: the degree of cybersecurity among teachers appeared high, and that the approaches of raising cybersecurity are as follows: using the websites that deepen the moral and religious values, using safe applications and educational programs, reporting cybersecurity crimes, indulge in social life and not virtual life, raising awareness of harmful links when surfing the internet, raising awareness among teachers of the reliable sources of information, safe surfing, promoting the concepts of cybersecurity, training teacher to use strong passwords and continuously updating them, informing teachers on how to protect data and information on their personal devices, and raising their awareness of the dangers of prolonged use of the internet, introducing them to the proper manner of handling email attachments, and positive use of the internet, training them to use protection programs and firewalls and update them periodically. The research also found that teachers' awareness of cyber security varies depending on their gender, with males being more aware than females. The study did not find any differences in awareness based on the teacher's qualifications, the subjects they teach, or their teaching experience. The results also found that there were no big differences in how teachers learn about cyber security, based on their gender, education level, subjects taught, or teaching experience. The study recommends that teachers should be trained to use protection programs and firewalls because they are proved through the results to have mediocre knowledge of these technologies.