Dr. Erien-naikachep Maurice Ikuru
DIGITAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND INFORMATION PURITANISM OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the relationship between digital security architecture and information puritanism of Commercial Banks in Rivers State. Generally, the objective of the study was to empirically examine how digital security architecture relate with information puritanism in terms of objectivity and traceability of Commercial Banks in Rivers State. The study adopted explanatory survey research design. The population of the study consisted of one hundred and fifteen (115) top managers from twenty-three (23) Commercial Banks operating in Rivers State, Nigeria, as top five managers were chosen from each bank. By census study, the entire population was employed as the sample size of the study. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Crombach Alpha with the least coefficient up to 0.743. Out of 234 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 226 copies of the questionnaires were retrieved. The data obtained from the field were analyzed using Spearman's Rank Order Correlation Coefficient and t-test with the aid of SPSS Version 22.0. Four hypotheses were tested using Spearman Rank Order Correlation. The study found that: data loss prevention has a moderate positive relationship with objectivity of Commercial Banks in Rivers State; data loss prevention has a weak relationship with traceability of Commercial Banks in Rivers State; security file transfer protocol mechanism has a very strong positive relationship with objectivity of Commercial Banks in Rivers State, and; security file transfer protocol culture has a moderate relationship with traceability of Commercial Banks in Rivers State. The study concluded that advancement in data security architecture such as data loss prevention and security file transfer protocol emanate to equivalent enhancement of puritanism of informationin Commercial banks. The study recommended amongst other things that management of commercial banks and other financial organizations should bring to fore the suggested dimensions of digital security architecture to remain current on best practices and innovations, ultimately improving their firms' information credibility.
