Improving Protection and Security Awareness Amongst Home User

The growth of the Internet brings threats to the end user, which affects the home users more severely. The result from the different surveys shows that these vulnerabilities affect home user very badly. As strong security, controls have been implemented in businesses to minimize losses, hackers and fraudsters have moved their attention towards end users, which are normally easier prey. The increase in the need of security amongst end users is an important task of the today. A small security survey has been conducted to get an overview of the user’s perception about Internet security and their knowledge. Some suggestions are also given which would help to create awareness about Internet security in home users.