Type of Resource:
Journal Article

Year of Publication:
2019

Indicators:
- Challenges
- Solutions or Strategies


Themes:
- Internet Safety

Author(s): Sunday O. Ogunlana

Using routine activity theory, this article assessed the effectiveness of technological approaches to mitigating the expansion and organization of terrorism in cyberspace. Data collection included open-source documents, government threat assessments, legislation, policy papers, and peer-reviewed academic literature and semistructured interviews with fifteen security experts in Nigeria. The key findings were that the new generation of terrorists who are more technological savvy are growing, cybersecurity technologies are effective, and bilateral/multilateral cooperation is essential to combat the expansion of terrorism in cyberspace. The data provided may be useful to stakeholders responsible for national security, counterterrorism, law enforcement on the choice of cybersecurity technologies to confront terrorist expansion in cyberspace.

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26623078?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=internet&searchText=use&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fpagemark%3DcGFnZU1hcms9MTA%253D%26amp%3BsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3BQuery%3Dinternet%2Buse%2Bin%2Bafrica%26amp%3Brefreqid%3Dsearch%253A4dd55b0fc59aaadd71527c79674f695d&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3A71ed754aefdf1531385e3f0cc6ba726d&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Region of Study:
West Africa,

Country of Study:
Nigeria,

Study Quality
High