The effectiveness of Women 4IR Cyber 3A #Aware, Avoid, Act Program in Malaysia

Developing a sustainable country needs to consider the cyber well-being of its people, especially in empowering women who are often victims of cybercrime. There are various cybercrime issues, such as cyber harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cyber violence, and cyberbullying online, which mostly involve women as the main victims. Malaysian women's culture that is lacking in awareness, and the existing cybercrime protection learning module is still less comprehensive and effective in recognizing, preventing, practicing a safe culture, and acting when faced with the threat of cybercrime, prompting the creation of a form of a training program that focuses on gender equality and women's empowerment in cyber security. Therefore, this study discusses the results of the cyber security training program named “Women IR4.0 Cyber 3A #Aware, Avoid, Act Program”. It aims to raise general awareness about cybercrime among Malaysian women as unwitting victims of crime containing four Modules: Threats and Cyber Crime, Best Practices in Handling Cyber Crime, Cyber Crime Prevention Methods, and Cyber Crime Free Reflection Activities. Module content is designed using the Analysis, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) approach. Approximately 100 women attended this Cyber 3A workshop. The analysis carried out on those participants before and after the workshop found that the workshop's success can be seen by increasing the knowledge and awareness of the participants about cyber security.