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ABSTRACT This study assessed “Strategic assessment of cyber crimes control through cyber security and resilience by Cyber Security Center. A case study of the Nigeria experience”, Two specific research objectives were formulated to guide the study. The research design was descriptive survey design. 200 respondents comprising all professionals in computer science, computer engineering and security agents who have been exposed to computer science were randomly selected for the study, using stratified random sampling technique. The instrument known as “Cyber Security and Resilience Questionnaire” (CSRQ).” was used to collect the data. The instrument used for the research was made to pass through face and content validation using experts in computer, Cronbach Alpha reliability technique to measure level of reliability of the instrument and it produced high average reliability coefficient of 0.92 to justify the use of the instrument. The findings revealed that there is significant difference in the perception of people as regards the effect of cyber security and cyber resilience in reducing cyber risk in Nigeria. It was concluded that Nigeria as other parts of the world, has suffered greatly in Cyber attack and that cyber security and resilience has become useful tool to checking and stopping cyber risks and with Cyber security and resilience our society is protected against cyber risk., one of the recommendation was 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. Key Words: Cyber security, cyber attack, cyber risks, cyber resilience, Social studies