Nigeria: Cyber Space Security vis a vis Computerisation, Miniaturisation and Location-Based Authentication

The degree of insecurity occasioned by fraudulent practices in Nigeria has been of great concern economically, especially as it relates to overseas transactions. This paper was designed to mitigate this problem for Nigeria and countries with similar dispositions. Based on a survey involving field trip to Nigeria, the paper examines the general security situation in Nigeria and its mutual impacts with computerisation, miniaturisation and Location-Based Authentication (LBA). It was discovered that both computerisation and miniaturisation had some negative effects on cybersecurity, as these were being exploited by fraudsters, especially using ‘advance fee fraud;’ popularly called 419. As a countermeasure, the research examined the possibility of using LBA and further digitisation of the GSM Mobile country codes down to City/Area codes along with GSM Mobile/Global Positioning System (GPS) authentications. Where necessary, these could be combined with the use of a web-based Secret Sharing Scheme for services with very high security demands. The anticipated challenges were also examined and considered to be of negligible impacts; especially roaming.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10454/11525

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Adeka MI, Ngala M, Bin-Melha M et al (2015) Nigeria: Cyber Space Security vis a vis Computerisation, Miniaturisation and Location-Based Authentication. In: Mumtaz S, Rodriguez J, Katz M et al (Eds.) Wireless Internet. WICON 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Vol 146. Springer, Cham.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18802-7_43

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Conference paper