Identifying the Cybercrime Awareness of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students: Example of Kazakhstan

Rita İSMAİLOVA

Cybercrime is the offense related to the ethical and legal violation of the computer and IT system, a threat to the security of information systems, and abuse of the Internet platform. It is committed through the Internet or computer systems. Its direct and indirect results disrupt the flow of technological infrastructure. Gaining the knowledge or skills related to the types and content of the cybercrimes is an essential prerequisite in the digital era. Thus, it is very significant to raise the awareness of the younger generation, who will shape the future of societies. In accordance with this ...Более

Web 2.0 in higher education: Difference in usage and perception between Kazakh and Kyrgyz students

Çinara CUMABAYEVA | Rita İSMAİLOVA

The use of Web 2.0 technologies such as social media and user-generated content and their educational prospective attract the attention of many researchers. The results of the vast majority of these studies suggest that the use of social networks in the educational process can be helpful in increasing the quality of education and making it accessible to more students. In order to clarify the students’ opinions, a survey was conducted among students from various majors at leading universities in two Central Asian countries, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The main objective of the study was to deter ...Более

Cyber crime risk awareness in Kyrgyz Republic

Rita İSMAİLOVA | Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

In this paper we present the information security awareness rate of students in Kyrgyz Republic, where there is a rapid pace of formation and development of the information society. The survey was conducted with a sample of 172 students from different departments of the university. Our research study showed that despite the huge number of reports about computer crimes in the web, the knowledge about cybercrime is quite low and students are mostly not aware of many aspects of computer crime. Analysis was done to determine dependence of information security awareness rate on computer literacy ra ...Более

Image Recognition about Stability of Soft Surrounding Rock in Tunnel Based on ILBP Algorithm

With China's fast expansion of urban traffic and railway engineering, a great number of subway and railway lines have been erected in subterranean tunnels in recent years. When the tunnel is in the process of construction, it will encounter the weak fracture zone, and the surrounding rock of this part of the tunnel is often poor stability and deformation is difficult to control, which will lead to the smooth progress of the project, delay and other problems. Therefore, to facilitate the timely treatment of tunnel soft surrounding rock, the study of image recognition of its stability is particu ...Более

The Safe Financial Processing Method for Realizing Supply Chain Integrated Business Intelligence Using Blockchain Application Scenarios

In order to improve the financial processing effect of supply chain integrated business intelligence, this study applies blockchain technology to the financial processing of supply chain integrated business intelligence and conducts an evolutionary game analysis on the factors that affect the selection of information-sharing strategies for logistic service supply chain nodes. By establishing the evolutionary game model of logistic service integrators and logistic service providers under the strategy of information sharing and information nonsharing, the value of information sharing in the logi ...Более

Cybercrime risk awareness rate among students in Central Asia: A comparative study in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

Rita İSMAİLOVA | Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

It is a well-known fact that the system is as secure as its weakest point. Often, organizations and countries invest in the technologies, forgetting that it is impossible to assure information security without raising awareness among users. Therefore, in this study, the cybercrime awareness rate of users in two Central Asian Countries was investigated. As a target group, students of two public universities from each country were chosen. Results of quantitative research showed that in Kazakhstan, gender and age of respondents affect the cybercrime awareness rate, while in Kyrgyzstan, none of th ...Более

Accessibility evaluation of top university websites: a comparative study of Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey

Rita İSMAİLOVA

It is important that university websites and services offered through their sites are used effectively, efficiently and satisfactorily by the whole target group of the university, including disabled users. However, universities in many countries are still unable to meet the criteria for web accessibility. This study aimed to test the websites of the top universities in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey using automated assessment tools. The results showed that university websites are more popular in Turkey, and in Turkish universities developers pay more attention to the performance ...Более

Learning management system implementation: a case study in the Kyrgyz Republic

Cumagül Nurakun Kızı | Rita İSMAİLOVA

In this paper, the determinants of the intention to use online learning management system (LMS) among students in one of universities in the Kyrgyz Republic were studied, using quantitative and qualitative analysis. A total of 541 responses from students, enrolled in online courses during the fall and spring semesters 2016–2017, were used to examine students attitude toward online education. In addition, interviews with six instructors were conducted. Results showed that success of students in e-courses depend on year of education and the academic major of students. Factors, defined in the sco ...Более

Determinants of intention to use government web sites in Kyrgyz Republic

Rita İSMAİLOVA | Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

The use of internet technologies by governments increases day by day. Since citizens are the active users of the services, provided by governments via Internet, the goal of this study is to determine the factors that influence intention to use government e-services in the Kyrgyz Republic. In this study, effects of use intentions, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, defined by Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Relative Advantage, Compatibility and Image, defined by Diffusion of Innovation Model (DOI) and Trustworthiness Model were examined. In addition, for the research model, the ...Более

A Central Asian View of E-Government Services Adoption: Citizens' Trust and Intention to Use E-Services

Rita İSMAİLOVA | Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

Results of survey from a snowball convenient sample of Kyrgyz respondents (N = 216) showed that employees of private sector are more likely to use government websites than those of government employees themselves and level of knowledge about security issues directly related to intention to use of Kyrgyz government websites. Specifically, higher level of knowledge about security issues leads less likely to use government websites. Factors such as ease of use and usefulness, relative advantage of using web sites, and compatibility with respondents

Web site accessibility and quality in use: a comparative study of government Web sites in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey

Rita İSMAİLOVA

Government Web sites aim to provide information to the citizens of the country; therefore, they should be accessible, easy to use and visible via search engines. Based on this assumption, in this paper, the ministry Web sites of four countries namely the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Turkey were analyzed in terms of accessibility and quality in use. Tests were carried out utilizing online automated tools. Results indicate that the usage rate of Information and Communication Technologies by the government is higher in Turkey, which a ...Более

Hadoop framework implementation and performance analysis on a cloud

Göksu Zekiye ÖZEN | Rayımbek SULTANOV

Hadoop framework uses MapReduce programming paradigm to process big data by distributing data across a cluster and aggregating. MapReduce is one of the methods used to process big data hosted on large clusters. In this method, jobs are processed by dividing into small pieces and distributing over nodes. Parameters such as distributing method over nodes, the number of jobs held in a parallel fashion and the number of nodes in the cluster affect the execution time of jobs. The aim of this paper is to determine how number of nodes, maps and reduces affect the performance of Hadoop framework on a ...Более