Mrs Jonathan, ex-Israeli PM, others seek quick passage of cybersecurity bill

The call is contained in a communiqué issued after the third world cybersecurity conference which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Over 700 world leaders and ICT experts within and outside the country including First Lady Jonathan and Barak agreed at the conference that Nigeria needs to have a cybersecurity law which will be used by […]

The call is contained in a communiqué issued after the third world cybersecurity conference which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
 Over 700 world leaders and ICT experts within and outside the country including First Lady Jonathan and Barak agreed at the conference that Nigeria needs to have a cybersecurity law which will be used by government agencies and private sector organizations to plan their information technology policies and guidelines as well as a deterrent against cyber criminals.
Other participants included Dr. Brahima Saniou, a director of International Telecommunications Union (ITU); Dr. Salma Abbasi, global authority on Sustainable Development and Cybersecurity, and founder of eWorldwide; Mr. Tunde Lemo, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) among others.
Mrs. Jonathan who hosted the conference in her capacity as ITU’s Child Online Protection Champion was also asked to use her position as Chair Lady of Africa First Ladies to enlist the support of African First Ladies to champion the cause of Child Online Protection in their respective countries.
Mr. Tim Akano, Regional Director, ITU-IMPACT said the participants resolved that institutions, corporations and nations should protect themselves against cyber attacks; that there should be a determined focus on building human and institutional cyber security capacities with all relevant stakeholders both nationally and internationally, with a view to reducing online child exploitation drastically in the next few years.
“We resolved that since cybercrime does not respect geographical boundary, fighting the menace can only be achieved through partnership with other cyber security organizations and institutions across the world. We said there is the need for immense globally coordinated approach to the fight against cyber crime. We also called on all nations to support the programme of actualizing a safer online environment for our younger generation through the much canvassed Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement”, he said.