EVALUATING CYBERCRIME BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS TECHNOLOGY AND LEVEL OF READINESS FOR SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTATIONS IN RIVERS STATE

1. AGBO, Okechukwu Chuks,
2. UGWUANYI, Stephen & 3
ISAAC, Udoka C. N. Ph.D
1,3 Department of Electrical/Electronic Education,
Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku,Rivers state.
2 Department of Computer Science Education,
Adeyemi College of Education ,Ondo State.
Corresponding Email : okechukwu.agbo@fcetomoku.edu.ng

Abstract
This paper aims at evaluating cybercrimes based on Internet of Things (IoT) Technology, emanating from the issues of IoT devices such as challenging management environment, different technology profile, processing capabilities, use-cases and physical locations and levels of readiness for solutions implementations in Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions supported the study with one null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive research design was used for the study. The research population was made up of 92 male and female Information and communication
Technology (ICT) based business operators randomly selected from twenty three local government of Rivers State. Ten items structured questionnaire titled “Cybercrime Based on Internet of Things Technology and Level of Readiness for Solutions Implementations Questionnaire (CBIoTREIQ) was used for the survey. The instrument was validated by three experts in Federal college of education (Technical)
Omoku. The Pearson product Moment Reliability Co-efficient was used to obtain a correlation value of 0.87. Data related to the research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while t-
test analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The research surveys cybercrimes considering the following aspects; identity theft, false alert, dating and romance scam and online shopping scam. The investigation shows the highest value representing 30% of involvement in
identity theft category with the lowest value representing 10% of involvement in online shopping scam. It further reveals that a high record of web based applications representing the mode of operation and the level of readiness of operators for solution implementation is low in Rivers State. It was recommended
that while awaiting the full utilization the vast potentials of IoT devices and their vulnerability to commit their crimes, the Nigerian government and relevant authorities must be proactive to develop preventive measures to this impending danger.
Keywords: Cybercrimes, IoT devices, network, Cyber security.