Standardized Security Design and Information System in Nigeria Educational Institution

This paper investigates standardized security design and information system in Nigeria educational
institution. The paper disaggregated standardised security design to inter office communication,
firewall, virus protection programmes and encryption as explanatory variables while information
system remains the dependent variable. Data were generated via Primary source through the use of a
structured questionnaire and analysed through multiple regression analysis (ordinary least square).
The study found that to inter office communication, firewall and encryption has significant effect on
information system while virus protection programmes was found to be statistically insignificant. In
essence, it was observed that there is need for every organization to have an information security
management system that can adequately provide reasonable assurance and support for IT application
and business processes.
Keywords: Standardized Security Design, Information system, Education Institution.