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ABSTRACT

The study examined the extent of cyber security and resilience in Nigeria. The population of this study consisted of all professionals in computer science, computer engineering and security agents who have been exposed to computer science. The study adopted descriptive survey research design while stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. The instrument for data collection which was tagged “Cyber Security and Resilience Questionnaire” (CSRQ) was administered to the respondents and used for the study. The instrument passed through face and content validation using experts in computer science before the reliability test was conducted which produced the reliability coefficient of 0.92 proving the instrument to be reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive analysis and chi-square analysis. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed and concluded that Nigeria has suffered greatly in Cyber-attack and that the Cyber security and resilience has become useful tool to checking and stopping cyber risks. It was therefore recommended that countries should build upon the work of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) which supports local, community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience against cyber-attacks.

KEYWORDS: Strategies, Cyber Security, Resilience, Security and Resilience against Cyber Risk in Nigeria