Cybersecurity Awareness Among Rural Communities in Sango Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

摘要

This paper interrogates cybersecurity awareness particularly as it relates to rural communities in Sango Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Three communities were studied: Atun Iju Ilogbo, Sango Ijoko, and Ado Odo Ota. Some of the core questions addressed include: What are the existing cybersecurity policies in Ogun State? What is the level of awareness of cybersecurity concerns among the people in the rural communities in Ota? What are the people's reactions to existing policies? How can the awareness be improved upon? Using survey and the diffusion of innovation theory, the paper argues for a reform in the methodology of dissemination of knowledge and the education of grassroots communities in relation to the demands of existing cybersecurity arrangements of the Nigerian governments.