Cyber-Security in the Emerging World of Smart Everything
Elochukwu A. Ukwandu, Ephraim N.C. Okafor, Charles Ikerionwu, Comfort, Olebara, Celestine Ugwu

TL;DR
This paper assesses Nigeria's readiness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, focusing on cybersecurity challenges and the need for policy, skills, and infrastructure development to effectively leverage 4IR technologies.
Contribution
It provides empirical insights into Nigeria's preparedness for 4IR, highlighting gaps in policy, skills, and institutional frameworks through survey data analysis.
Findings
60% of respondents believe Nigeria lacks sufficient legal and institutional frameworks.
Over half of university courses are relevant to 4IR skill development.
Nigeria needs to develop its digital and cyber ecosystems to mitigate 4IR risks.
Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is a revolution many authors believe have come to stay. It is a revolution that has been fast blurring the line between physical, digital and biological technologies. These disruptive technologies largely rely on high-speed internet connectivity, Cloud technologies, Augmented Reality, Additive Manufacturing, Data science and Artificial Intelligence. Most developed economies have embraced the it while the developing economies are struggling to adopt 4IR because they lack the requisite skills, knowledge and technology. Thus, this study investigates Nigeria as one of the developing economies to understand her readiness for 4IR and the level of preparedness to mitigate the sophisticated cyber-attacks that comes with it. The investigation adopted quantitative research approach and developed an online questionnaire that was shared amongst the population…
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Taxonomy
TopicsKnowledge Management and Technology · Big Data Technologies and Applications · Smart Systems and Machine Learning
