Cybersecurity Threats to Office Managers in Public Organizations in Anambra State

Abstract

The study examined Cybersecurity threats to office managers in public organizations in Anambra State, three purposes of the study and corresponding research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised of all the 298 office managers from all the government ministries and departments. The census method was used hence there was no sampling. The instrument for the study was Cyber Security Threats to Performance of Office Managers (CSTPOM) which was designed by the researchers to elicit information from the respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through its administration to twenty office managers in Enugu State and the test was repeated on the same group after two weeks interval, The results of the tests were correlated using Pearson Product Moment co-efficient and it yielded a coefficient of 0.81, 0.77 and 0.75 for the three clusters respectively. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected. The results show that phishing attacks, ransomware, malware and viruses, unsecured Wi-Fi Networks, and weak password among others are some of the cybersecurity threats affecting performance of office managers. The study recommended among others that Stakeholders in public organizations should procure and install systems that are useful in protecting computer systems against cybersecurity threats.