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Cybersecurity Awareness & Training Research

How ready are personnel for cybersecurity training, what do they want from it, and how does support for training relate to awareness? A survey study of 108 respondents.

Overview of the cybersecurity training and awareness study: 108 respondents, SPSS 29, frequency, descriptive, correlation and regression analysis, and three headline survey results.
Fig. 01 — Project overview
Organization context
Bangladesh Navy · Contributed data & research analysis
Role
Data and research analysis in SPSS.
Type
Professional work
Status
Completed analysis
Tools
SPSS 29.0.1 · Frequency analysis · Correlation · Simple regression
Respondents
108
Software
SPSS 29.0.1
Analysis
Descriptive · correlation · regression
Design
Survey

Case study

01Preferences

Clear support for training

90.7% believed training can enhance cybersecurity awareness, 81.5% said elementary training would enhance operational security and 57.4% preferred a hybrid format. Sailors mostly favored training alongside every professional course (66.7%); officers favored the Basic and Specialisation courses (69.4%).

Survey snapshot of respondent profile, length of service, training perception, preferred training mode and preferred training frequency for sailors and officers.
Fig. 02 — Training preferences

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02Readiness

Where the gaps are

Resource and expertise challenges (M = 4.15) and the importance of leadership support (M = 4.08) scored highest. The sufficiency of current programs (M = 2.61) and infrastructure preparedness (M = 2.83) scored lowest.

Ranked mean scores for five cybersecurity challenge statements, from resource and expertise challenges highest to current training sufficiency lowest.
Fig. 03 — Challenges and readiness

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03Awareness

Skills lag behind intent

Confidence in identifying phishing or malware was low (M = 2.48), while institutionalizing training (M = 4.19) and training's effect on confidence (M = 4.15) scored high.

Mean scores comparing current awareness areas, such as identifying phishing, with the expected impact of training, such as confidence and institutionalizing training.
Fig. 04 — Awareness and skills

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04Relationship

Support for training and awareness

Support for elementary training was positively associated with awareness of cybersecurity guidelines (r = .604, p < .001). In a simple regression it explained 36.5% of the variance (R² = .365; F(1,106) = 60.861, p < .001; B = .690, β = .604, t = 7.801). The relationship is predictive, not causal.

Scatter plot and regression table relating support for elementary cybersecurity training to awareness of cybersecurity guidelines, with an interpretation noting the result is not causal.
Fig. 05 — Correlation and regression

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