Vulnerabilidades generadas por el uso de las redes sociales, en los estudiantes de Bachillerato del centro urbano del cantón Cañar

Abstract

ABSTRACT This research work shows a study carried out in the Cañar Canton, Cañar province, Ecuador, in which some adolescents from 5 educational units from the urban part of the canton, ranging in ages from 14 to 19 years took part. The objectives of the study include: a) to stablish the state of art on the risks related to the use of social networks. b) to identify the methodological framework needed for the analyses of the risk associated with the use of social networks. c) to apply the risk analyses about the gathered information in order to determine the level of vulnerability of high school students before the threats generated by the use of social networks. d) to establish the controls that will allow to decrease the level of vulnerability of high school students before the threats generated by the use of social networks. An analysis through the application of a survey focused on technological safety was conducted through the open methodology MAGERIT, a risk analyses was stablished. Results showed that adolescents are vulnerable to the risks in the web, therefore, more control that allows to decrease the threats that they face daily is necessary.