President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is witnessing a rise in threats posed by cybercriminals, online financial fraudsters and cyber terrorists who use the internet to cause apprehension.
He said this during the launch of the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy 2021 at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
He called for an overhaul of the national strategy on cybersecurity with more emphasis on exploring the internet for economic growth opportunities, enhancement of knowledge and mitigation of crime.
He urged the National Security Adviser to hold to coordinate the efforts of all stakeholders to ensure that the internet and cyberspace have been used for the enhancement of national protection and economic progression.
He stated the Federal Government had taken a few principal policy selections to boom penetration of the internet within the day by day lives of residents, mainly for the utilitarian purpose, with the release of the National Broadband Plan 2020 – 2025 in March 2020; National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy 2020 – 2030; National Identity Program, Treasury Single Account and Bank Verification Number schemes.
“All those initiatives function enablers for tackling among the economic and security challenges facing our us of a even as also providing us with the platform to improve duty and transparency in our unwavering resolve to address corruption.
“However, like many different nations throughout the globe, the increase and development of the net is followed through vast issues.
He said the internet and social media had witnessed a surge inside the propagation of hate speech, faux news, seditious and treasonable messages, in addition to the risks of breaches to non-public records and authorities sensitive records.
He said the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy 2021 might offer the necessary platform to efficaciously confront the dynamic nature of threats in our cyberspace.
“The report will also offer the framework that might allow us to harness the efforts of our non-public zone, academia and industry in the direction of revolutionary monetary and country wide improvement.
“To this stop, the file will offer the platform for technical schooling, digital abilties acquisition and indigenous technology manufacturing, thereby growing activity opportunities for our teenagers and assisting our clear up to relieve poverty and increase our economic system,’’ Buhari stated.
The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, stated there had been a surge within the use of the net, specifically during the COVID-19 lockdown around the world, with increasing waves of crimes, irregular migration and threats to frame protection.
Monguno stated many structures including banking, communique and military had come below extra danger, with personal statistics effortlessly distorted and explored, necessitating a assessment of the 2014 National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS).
The NSA stated the reviewed record will work toward mitigating the “suffocating presence and unpredictable threats’’ of cybercrimes.
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