GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

Abstract The study strategically examined cyber security strategies as a mitigation method of cybercrime in Nigeria. The population of this study consisted of all experts and post graduate students in computer science, computer engineering and security management studies in Nigeria. 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 “Cybercrime and Cyber Security Questionnaire (CCSQ)” was administered to the respondents and used for the study. The instrument was vetted by the researcher’s supervisor who is an expert in the field before the reliability test was conducted which produced the reliability coefficient of 0.75 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 there are many cases of cybercrimes in Nigeria and Nigeria has begun to do something to strengthen cyber security for the good of the country. It was therefore recommended that government should create dedicated national and regional cybercrime units to deal with forensic retrieval of computer-based evidence. KEY WORDS: Strategic Assessment, Cybercrime, Cyber Security, Mitigation and Nigeria.