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An Assessment of Cybersecurity Technologies in the Selected Universities in Southwestern Nigeria

by Gbonjubola Oluwafunmilayo Binuyo
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 178 - Number 50
Year of Publication: 2019
Authors: Gbonjubola Oluwafunmilayo Binuyo
10.5120/ijca2019919405

Gbonjubola Oluwafunmilayo Binuyo . An Assessment of Cybersecurity Technologies in the Selected Universities in Southwestern Nigeria. International Journal of Computer Applications. 178, 50 ( Sep 2019), 11-18. DOI=10.5120/ijca2019919405

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issue_date = { Sep 2019 },
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Abstract

The study identified the forms of cybercrimes in selected universities in Southwestern Nigeria. It determined the cyber security techniques and polices adopted by the selected Universities. It examined the effectiveness of cyber securities adopted by the selected Universities. Hence, primary data were obtained through the administration of questionnaire on 33 ICT administrators from each of the selected nine (9) universities in Southwestern Nigeria, making 297 respondents. Secondary data were sourced from publications. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result showed that common types of cybercrimes in the selected institutions were hacking 66.3%), credit card fraud (58.5%), spamming (52.2%), software piracy (60.7%), identity theft (55.2%), sweet heart swindle (53.3%) and malicious programme/virus (54.4%). The results also showed that most cybercriminals used password cracker (83%), network sniffer (50.4%) and key logger (44.4%) to perpetrate their illicit acts. Also, the results indicated the adopted cyber securities mechanism in the selected universities which include identity (ID) and Password (100%), Public Key Cryptography (33.3%), Biometric Authentication (29.6%) and Digital Signature (18.5%). There was a significant (F=7.043; p<0.05) relationship between frequency of cyber-attack on Servers/Web Services and the deployment of Multi-Layer Authentication, Digital Signature (F=16.611, p<0.05) and Public Key Cryptography (F=6.750, p<0.05). The study concluded that major technologies used for cybercrimes in the universities in Southwestern Nigeria were password cracker, key logger and network sniffer. The study also concluded that the common types of cybercrime in the universities were hacking, credit card fraud, spamming, software piracy, identity theft, pornography, sweet heat swindle and malicious programmes (virus). The study further concluded that authentication protocols deployed majorly by universities in Southwestern Nigeria were Kerberos, internet protocol (IP) securities, CHAP and MS-CHAP. The study concluded that all the universities deployed identity (ID) and password authentication for security access control while privacy policy, network security policy and employee training regarding confidential information were the cyber security policy adopted by most of the universities in Southwestern Nigeria. The study concluded that the deployment of Cyber securities such as public key cryptography and digital signature inhibits threats on servers and services of the universities. This study concluded that universities in Southwestern Nigeria that did not deploy multi-layer authentication, digital signature and public key cryptography on their internet servers are susceptible to cybercrime frequently.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Cybercrimes Cybersecurity Universities Nigeria

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