Nigeria to host international confab on threat of cyber crimes to national security

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World Cyber Conference Nigeria - Nigeria is to host a three-day World Cyber Conference aimed at developing strategies against the latest developments in cyber crimes and its threats to national security. Chief of Defence Communications, Air Vice Marshal Ndubuisi Amu, told journalists on Tuesday in Abuja that the conference, scheduled for 17-19 Sept., is part of the arrangements being made by the organizers, Nigeria's Defence Headquarters (DHQ), towards eliminating cyber crime in Nigeria.

With the theme 'Exploiting the Cyber and Space Resources to Meet Contemporary Security Challenges', Amu stated that the objective of the conference was to identify challenges associated with cyberspace, cashless economy and space resource and thereafter proffer solutions.

About 300 participants drawn from the military, international consulting firms and federal government agencies are expected to attend.

The federal government agencies attending include the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), National Communications Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the National Identity Card Management Commission, Office of the National Security Adviser, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Directorate of State Security and the Nigeria Police.

The participants are expected to be trained in the area of cyber security up to International Certificate level while some selected participants will be equipped with skills in Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) and Certified Hacking Forensic Investigation.

Amu noted that the impact of the globe-spanning range of cyberspace and its disregard for national borders on a nation’s ability to deter threats and respond to contingencies makes the conference the more imperative.

According to him, “the conference is aimed at building on the knowledge and the awareness on the latest development in cyber crime and its threat to national security with the view to developing strategies for curtail them. This more so as cyber crimes undermine the competence of our national security agencies and expose our information management system to grave danger.”

Topics to be discussed at the conference include: Protection of National Infrastructure and integrated Network Security; Cashless Society and the Implication for National Security; Military Communications Imperatives to meet contemporary Security Challenges; Space Application and National Security, NIGCOMSAT Perspectives; Cyber Warfare: Building Offensive Capabilities to meet Contemporary Challenges.

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