AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROCEDURES IN ASSURING THE INFORMATION SECURITY STANDARDS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Abstract:ABSTRACT
The study assessed the implementation, enforcement
and compliance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) policies in
assuring the information security standards in thirteen Colleges of Education
who’s their selection was based on geo political zones of Federal Republic of
Nigeria. The study employed cross sectional survey design where the population
considered was 1,593 and only took a sample of 118 and data was collected using
questionnaires, interviews and documentary reviews. The study found that ICT
policy implementation and information security mechanisms were still at basic
though in most instances where satisfactorily implemented. Further revealed
that the changing nature of knowledge and changing capabilities of technology
require colleges of education to implement ICT in their teaching roles to
enable the high levels of know-how and develop the skills of ICT innovations in
colleges of Education. Therefore, it can be concluded that good implementation
of ICT policies is a prerequisite for high level performance of information
security. The study recommended an in-depth detailed comprehensive
implementation of the following ICT policies in order to ensure information
security in terms of confidentiality, integrity and availability, access control
mechanisms, terms and conditions of ICT usage, backup and recovery mechanism
and disaster recovery mechanisms.