Abstract:
Higher Educational institutions benefit greatly from information systems. Information
security (IS) is an intense issue of the modern-day, it discusses the techniques and
methodologies used to secure confidential, private, and sensitive information or data in
print, electronic, or any other form against unauthorized access, use, misuse, disclosure,
destruction, modification, or disruption. As a result, to maintain a high level of
performance and remain competitive, higher education institutions invest a significant
amount of money and effort in obtaining and managing information. The purpose of
this study is to give us a better understanding of Information Technology security,
strategies and practices in Colleges of Education in the Bono Region of Ghana. This
research was a case study of two Colleges of Education in the Bono Region. A total of
62 respondents were purposively sampled for the study. Online Questionnaires was
used to achieve the study’s objectives with the target population comprising
Administrators, Tutors, and IT personnel of the selected colleges of education. The
findings revealed that the information security programs had inadequate senior
management support and oversight. With no education or training programs accessible
to tutors in the Colleges of Education, there is poor knowledge of information security.
The study concludes among others that, the majority of the groups at the examined
Colleges of Education lacked adequate knowledge and security implementation,
indicating the need to activate the administrators’ duties to deploy a well-designed
information security system. The study, therefore, concluded that, the colleges should
organize training on information security for all staff to equip them with the required
knowledge to manage information in the colleges.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Information Technology Education,
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Mathematics Education, submitted to the School
of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Science
(Information Technology Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba