Secure Web-Based Student Information Management System

TL;DR

This paper presents a secure, web-based student information management system for Nigeria Police Academy, utilizing Laravel framework to enhance data security, accuracy, and ease of access compared to traditional paper-based methods.

Contribution

It introduces a Laravel-based secure web portal specifically designed for Nigerian police academy's student data management, addressing security vulnerabilities and usability issues.

Findings

Developed a Laravel 5.5-based system with robust security features.

System is resistant to OWASP TOP 10 vulnerabilities.

Improves data management efficiency and security.

Abstract

The reliability and success of any organization such as academic institution rely on its ability to provide secure, accurate and timely data about its operations. Erstwhile managing student information in academic institution was done through paper-based information system, where academic records are documented in several files that are kept in shelves. Several problems are associated with paper-based information system. Managing information through the manual approach require physical exertion to retrieve, alter, and re-file the paper records. These are nonvalue added services results in data inconsistency and redundancy, currently institutions have migrated to web-based student information management system without considering the security architecture of the web portal. This project seeks to ameliorates and secure how information is being managed in Nigeria Police Academy through the development of a secured web-based student information management system, which has a friendly user interface that provides an easy and secure way to manage academic information such as students information, staff information, course registration, course materials and results. This project was developed using Laravel 5.5 PHP Framework to provide a robust secure web-based student information system that is not vulnerable to 2018 OWASP TOP 10 web vulnerabilities.