GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT This study examined the strategic assessment of ISIS Cyber Command. Two specific research objectives were formulated to guide the study. The research design was descriptive survey design research design. The population of the study comprised of all professionals in computer science, computer engineering and security agents who have been exposed to computer science using a stratified sampling technique. The instrument known as “ISIS Cyber Command Questionnaire” (ICCQ) was used to collect the data. The instrument was subjected to reliability test, using testretest method and it produced high average reliability coefficient of 0.82 to justify the use of the instrument. The analysis was done using appropriate statistical techniques such as regression analysis. The findings revealed that there are many cases of operations of ISIS Cyber Command, cyber conflicts in the globe. There is significant implication of the operations of ISIS Cyber Command on cyber conflicts in the globe. Finally, the operations of ISIS Cyber Command have negative effects on the global economy. One of the recommendations was that international training courses on countering violent extremism (CVE) should be developed. Key Words: Cyber conflicts, Cyber command, global economy