Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has
said that the Federal Government has set up a
31-member Cyber crime Advisory Council to
work closely with the private sector to curb
the menace of cyber crime.
The acting president stated that effective
management of risk associated with cyber
crime required collaboration between the
government and the private sector.
Osinbajo, who disclosed this at the maiden
edition of the Cyber Security conference with
the theme: “Monitoring, Detection and
Prevention: Keys to Organisational Growth”
held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos,
Southwest Nigeria, said that the challenges of
cyber crime globally were high and that as a
nation, the government must develop the
necessary capacity to tackle cyber crime, and
that all avenues that would give room to cyber
criminals must be blocked thoroughly.
Osinbajo, who was represented by his Senior
Special Adviser on Information and
Communication Technology, ICT, Mr. Lanre
Osibona, said while government was keen on
enthroning a digital economy, avenues that
would give room to cyber criminals must be
blocked thoroughly.
According to him, government would establish
the right environment that is secure for
businesses to thrive, especially as it related to
ICT development in the areas of smart cities
and cyber security, among others.
Also speaking, Lagos State Governor,
Akinwunmi Ambode, said that the development
of ICT was one of the defining events of the
20th century and had resulted in a paradigm
shift in the way things used to be done,
bringing with it incredible improvement in
efficiency and effectiveness, cutting across all
spheres of human endeavour.
The governor stated that cyber-crime was a
global phenomenon which posed potent threat
to national security, organizational survival
and corporate growth, among others.
Ambode, who was represented by the
Commissioner for Science and Technology,
Mr.Olufemi Odubiyi, said the benefits that had
continued to accrue to humanity with the
advent of ICT could not be quantified, while
the issues of cyber fraud, hacking, among
others could not be completely wiped out.
In his words: “The challenges, which I believe,
are the reasons for this conference, would
continuously lead to development of strategies
that would prevent unauthorized access to
vital or critical information and other
resources.
‘This is very vital, considering the fact that
cyber-crime strategies are continuously
evolving. Counter cyber-crime strategies must
therefore be dynamic and preemptive in order
to forestall the potential colossal damage
which may be monumental in terms of
financial loss or threat to organisations going
concern.”
Chairman and Publisher of the Guardian
Newspaper, Maiden Alex-Ibru, said Nigeria had
shown a growing awareness of the need to
strengthen cyber security, which included
initiating the registration of GSM users in 2011
and 2014 and the Central Bank of Nigeria,
CBN, launching a centralised biometric
identification system for the banking industry,
tagged: Bank Verification Number (BVN).
She reminded the audience that the Cyber
crimes Act 2015 was the first legislation in
Nigeria that dealt specifically with cyber
security, which was passed in May 2015 and
gave effect to the 2011 Economic Community
of West African State, ECOWAS directive on
fighting cyber crime.
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has
said that the Federal Government has set up a
31-member Cyber crime Advisory Council to
work closely with the private sector to curb
the menace of cyber crime.
The acting president stated that effective
management of risk associated with cyber
crime required collaboration between the
government and the private sector.
Osinbajo, who disclosed this at the maiden
edition of the Cyber Security conference with
the theme: “Monitoring, Detection and
Prevention: Keys to Organisational Growth”
held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos,
Southwest Nigeria, said that the challenges of
cyber crime globally were high and that as a
nation, the government must develop the
necessary capacity to tackle cyber crime, and
that all avenues that would give room to cyber
criminals must be blocked thoroughly.
Osinbajo, who was represented by his Senior
Special Adviser on Information and
Communication Technology, ICT, Mr. Lanre
Osibona, said while government was keen on
enthroning a digital economy, avenues that
would give room to cyber criminals must be
blocked thoroughly.
According to him, government would establish
the right environment that is secure for
businesses to thrive, especially as it related to
ICT development in the areas of smart cities
and cyber security, among others.
Also speaking, Lagos State Governor,
Akinwunmi Ambode, said that the development
of ICT was one of the defining events of the
20th century and had resulted in a paradigm
shift in the way things used to be done,
bringing with it incredible improvement in
efficiency and effectiveness, cutting across all
spheres of human endeavour.
The governor stated that cyber-crime was a
global phenomenon which posed potent threat
to national security, organizational survival
and corporate growth, among others.
Ambode, who was represented by the
Commissioner for Science and Technology,
Mr.Olufemi Odubiyi, said the benefits that had
continued to accrue to humanity with the
advent of ICT could not be quantified, while
the issues of cyber fraud, hacking, among
others could not be completely wiped out.
In his words: “The challenges, which I believe,
are the reasons for this conference, would
continuously lead to development of strategies
that would prevent unauthorized access to
vital or critical information and other
resources.
‘This is very vital, considering the fact that
cyber-crime strategies are continuously
evolving. Counter cyber-crime strategies must
therefore be dynamic and preemptive in order
to forestall the potential colossal damage
which may be monumental in terms of
financial loss or threat to organisations going
concern.”
Chairman and Publisher of the Guardian
Newspaper, Maiden Alex-Ibru, said Nigeria had
shown a growing awareness of the need to
strengthen cyber security, which included
initiating the registration of GSM users in 2011
and 2014 and the Central Bank of Nigeria,
CBN, launching a centralised biometric
identification system for the banking industry,
tagged: Bank Verification Number (BVN).
She reminded the audience that the Cyber
crimes Act 2015 was the first legislation in
Nigeria that dealt specifically with cyber
security, which was passed in May 2015 and
gave effect to the 2011 Economic Community
of West African State, ECOWAS directive on
fighting cyber crime.
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