TY - JFULL AU - Ahmadu Girgiri and Lawan Gana Ali and Mamman M. Baba PY - 2016/3/ TI - Enhancement of Environmental Security by the Application of Wireless Sensor Network in Nigeria T2 - International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering SP - 292 EP - 299 VL - 10 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10003635 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 110, 2016 N2 - Environmental security clearly articulates the perfections and developments of various communities around the world irrespective of the region, culture, religion or social inclination. Although, the present state of insecurity has become serious issue devastating the peace, unity, stability and progress of man and his physical environment particularly in developing countries. Recently, measure of security and it management in Nigeria has been a bottle-neck to the effectiveness and advancement of various sectors that include; business, education, social relations, politics and above all an economy. Several measures have been considered on mitigating environment insecurity such as surveillance, demarcation, security personnel empowerment and the likes, but still the issue remains disturbing. In this paper, we present the application of new technology that contributes to the improvement of security surveillance known as “Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)”. The system is new, smart and emerging technology that provides monitoring, detection and aggregation of information using sensor nodes and wireless network. WSN detects, monitors and stores information or activities in the deployed area such as schools, environment, business centers, public squares, industries, and outskirts and transmit to end users. This will reduce the cost of security funding and eases security surveillance depending on the nature and the requirement of the deployment. ER -