APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN NATIONAL SECURITY AS A GUIDE TO POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Security system has become purely electronics, thereby rendering the traditional method of information gathering, processing, dissemination, storage and retrieval in effective and unproductive, 2. Hence, as an Intelligence Officer with special bias for information Technology, it is my utmost desire to research into modern techniques of information storage, retrieval and access control in order to facilitate our operational taskingsi 3. The traditional method of keeping copies of files/records on political activities by the organisation has posed alot of problems. All these problems have resulted into grave embarrassment to the organisation, especially when the Federal Government requested for an intelligence report about a particular politician and this could not be furnished immediately. 4. Occasionally, relevant information could be lost or disclosed to unauthourised persons and also compromised by hungry looters or disgruntled elements within the services. 5. In order to combat these numerous problems associated with the present manual method of record keeping, the need for computerization of our information systems arises, and this project will focus attention on the following tasks/objectives: