Confronting internet security threats

The paper presents the results from the research study of students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia about their awareness and exposure to well-known internet security threats as well as their awareness about security threats countermeasures. The results of the research study indicate high level of awareness of students about internet security threats as well as the fact that they are exposed to widely internet security known threats to a certain degree. While students demonstrated knowledge about application of security threats countermeasures, that part of their activities could be improved further. Generally, students need additional and updated knowledge to raise the level of their readiness in order to be able to respond to known and emerging internet security threats. The results of the research will be applied in planning of university courses related to the internet security.