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The purpose of this study is to explore the degree to cyber-security behavior practice of Saudi society members, and does the degree of practice differ according to gender, educational level and specialization? The study used the descriptive analytical method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the cyber-security behavior scale which developed by (Muniandy et al., 2017), the scale consisted of (50) items distributed over five areas (malware, the use of passwords, social engineering, phishing, online fraud), the study sample consisted of (700) members of the Saudi community. The results of the study showed that the degree to which members of Saudi society practice cyber-security behavior was moderately (sometimes), The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of cyber-security behavior among members of the Saudi society due to the gender variable, with the exception of the social engineering axis, and the differences were in favor of females. The results also showed that no statistically significant differences in the degree of cyber-security behavior among members of Saudi society according to the educational level variable. There are differences in the degree of cyber-security behavior practice among Saudi society specialists from health colleges and science colleges in favor of specialists from science colleges in the field of using passwords. There are differences in the degree of cyber-security behavior practice among Saudi society specialists in scientific and health colleges in favor of health colleges in phishing field, humanities and health colleges for the benefit of humanities colleges in the same field. There are differences in the degree of cyber-security behavior practice among Saudi society members in favor of specialists from scientific and health colleges in favor of scientific colleges in the social engineering axis. (Published abstract)