Abstract
This paper discussed the importance of cybersecurity in Nigeria's university administration. The paper is a review paper that depends on secondary data. The secondary data were collected from print and online publications. The paper revealed that cyber security adoption in the university administration in Nigeria will enhance the protection of university data, personnel data and students' academic records, stable academic activities and confidence building on the integrity of the universities. Based on this, the paper recommends that all the universities in Nigeria should adopt effective cybersecurity strategies to secure the data of the universities. The National Universities Commission (NUC) should constantly organize training for the staff in charge of the universities' cyber because of advances in technology. Universities managers should ensure that students and lecturers in various universities are constantly training on cyber security safety. Universities administrators should ensure that strategies like; firewalls and antivirus software, proper patching cadence, segregated backup solutions, Wi-Fi connectivity security, strict access controls, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) are put down in the system cyber to reduce attacks.