Cyber Security Threats and Challenges in Nigerian Elections

Abstract

Technological advances have changed every aspect of societal activity and behaviour in generally all aspects of our lives. With these advancements come vulnerability in preserving the integrity, security and confidence of communication activities. This paper discusses cyber security as it affects elections. As Nigeria joins the rest of the modern world in introducing electronic equipment in her election processes, Cyber security considerations must be at the fore front to avoid being at the mercy of sophisticated criminals who may take advantage of the low digital awareness of the teeming stakeholders to swing victory or expose information and data that hitherto must be for the consumption of few. Suggestions are made for the electoral commission managers' consumption