Artificial Intelligence (A.I): Application in National Cyber- Security in Nigeria THEME: "Technological Education for Productivity and National Development" (original) (raw)

With the recent threats/attacks on our national cyber-space, which has affected persons, communities, organizations and has dealt greatly on the image of our nation Nigeria, there is an urgent need for security, a high level degree of resistance to and protection from this mayhem, called Cyber-crime. Cyber-crime is an organized criminal activity that involves computer, networks and network devices used by this criminals in order to generate profits for themselves, hacking into people’s and organizations secret information, using it to defraud them, spreading malware and virus to damage computer, illegal information, images, videos promoting children phonograph. The internet has been an ocean of information as the fastest growing area of Technical Infrastructure development, has become a platform for these criminal to perpetrate their evil activities, with the easy access of information. Due to the increase of these cyber-crime, cyber security has risen to become an issue of great National Concern, and most be taken seriously, with all readiness to implement all written Strategies of the National Cyber-security Strategy. A.I been the leading technology this generation is experiencing with its application to all faces of life in solving problem cannot be over-emphasized. This paper attempts to look on National Cyber-securities, an overview of Cyber-crime, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I) and the application of A.I in solving some of the problems of National Cyber Security. Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (A.I), Cyber-Security, Cyber-crime, Technology, Internet, ICT