Journal of Higher Education Research

In the context of big data, teachers and students in colleges and universities play a pivotal role in network security, they are not only the receivers of network information, but also the maintainers of network security, and bear the important responsibility of maintaining individual and collective information security. However, the current situation of cyber security awareness of teachers and students in colleges and universities is not optimistic. This paper analyzes the current situation and influencing factors of college teachers and students' cyber security awareness, points out the difficulties in the construction of the education system, the shortcomings of skill mastery, and the blind spots and misunderstandings of consciousness cognition, and puts forward a series of strategies for cultivating the cyber security awareness of college teachers and students, which is helpful to build a more secure and stable network environment and provide a good learning and development environment for college teachers and students.