Experts to increase cyber security awareness campaign to universities
Cyber experts under the aegis of Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) have concluded plans to increase awareness campaign on cyber security to Universities and tertiary institutions in the country.
The CSEAN’s seminar themed: “STOP THINK CONNECT” is aimed at educating Internet users in Nigeria on vigilance and practice of safe online habits.
Remi Afon, president, CSEAN, through a recent statement issued in Abuja and made available to the Daily Times said also that this will positively transform public and private sectors collaborations toward cyber security.
He highlighted that, “STOP. THINK. CONNECT. primary aim is to educate all Internet users in Nigeria to be more vigilant about practicing safe online habits; to ensure that Internet safety is perceived as a shared responsibility at home, in school, in the workplace, and throughout our communities”
He recalled that a similar campaign was launched in January 2015 during the CSEAN annual Cyber Secure Nigeria Conference in Abuja.
According to him, the awareness has since been spreading through social media, symposium and lectures in secondary schools and tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The statement reads in part: “CSEAN intends to launch the campaign in all tertiary institutions and secondary schools in Nigeria.
“The association recently kick started the higher institution campaign in two Federal Universities namely Federal University of Technology Minna and University of Abuja and has lined up ten other Universities for awareness campaign before the end of the year.
“CSEAN is presently a partner of STOP. THINK. CONNECT. a first-ever global public awareness campaign developed to help all Internet users keep their data, personal information, communications, and transactions safer and more secure online.
“The STOP.THINK. CONNECT campaign cuts through the cognitive clutter of online life, using an extensively tested suite of messaging instruments used in common by public, private and NGO sectors to encourage Internet users to stay safe online. ”
He lamented that while the benefits of internet and associated technologies are being echoed by vendors and service providers alike; most users are unaware of online dangers and threats.
“In Nigeria today, people get bullied online daily, people identity get stolen in a matter of seconds, cyber criminals use social engineering tactics to steal people credentials; all these and others are challenges that we face today. It is important to educate people on measures to take to be safe online,” he added.
However, the Vice Chancellors of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State, Professor Muhammad Nasir Maiturare, recently declared open the cyber security campaign in the university hosted by the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) at the New Auditorium, opposite the University Library.
CSEAN President, Mr. Remi Afon, in a press statement stated that Maiturare was joined during the occasion by CSEAN Vice President, Dr. Ismaila Idris who led CSEAN’s Team to the event.
