A cyber security expert and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of
CyberCode, Mr. Olatunji Igbalajobi and President of the Nigeria Internet Group,
Mr. Destiny Amana would be leading speakers at this year’s Nigeria DigitalSENSE
Forum (NDSF) series slated for Lagos on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, reports ITRealms.
The Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance
for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable 2018, slated to hold at Cooperative Hall Oshodi-Isolo Secretariat, Oshodi-Lagos, would also have the
Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, Mr. Gbenga Sesan; as part of the panel
on IPv6 and GDPR: Issues and Challenges in Nigeria.
Disclosing this, the Executive Director, Operations at
DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organisers of NDSF series, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke,
said that 2018 edition would be presided over by the chief executive officer,
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) Mr. Muhammed Rudman.
She noted that Mr. Igbalajobi is also the national programme
director and membership coordinator of the Cyber Security Expert Association of
Nigeria (CSEAN).
A seasoned information security specialist, Igbalajobi, she
said, specializes in security assessments, vulnerability assessments and
penetration testing, as well as Information Technology (IT) risk management.
Even as he is a certified ethical hacker, QualysGuard certified specialist, and
a qualified ISO 27001:2013 lead auditor cum implementer.
Further, she said Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur,
Gbenga Sesan of Paradigm Initiative, who originally trained as an Electronic
& Electrical Engineer at Obafemi Awolowo University, would join the panel.
Sesan, she pointed out is had completed Executive Education
programmes at Lagos Business School, New York Group for Technology Transfer,
Oxford University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Santa Clara University
and University of the Pacific.
His consulting experience includes assignments completed for
numerous institutions, including Microsoft, Harvard University and United
Nations agencies, among others, in over 30 countries; and former member of the United
Nations Committee of eLeaders on Youth and ICT, he is a CyberStewards Fellow,
Crans Montana Forum Fellow, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, Ashoka
Fellow, Our Common Future Fellow and Cordes Fellow.
Equally, Gbenga served as a member of the Presidential
committees on Harmonization of Information Technology, Telecommunications and
Broadcasting Sectors (2006) and Roadmap for the Achievement of Accelerated
Universal Broadband Infrastructure and Services Provision (2013), and was
listed by CNN as one of the Top 10 African Tech Voices on Twitter and by
Ventures Africa as one of 40 African Legends Under 40; Gbenga, is a member of
the Freedom Online Coalition Advisory Network.
NDSF series is hosted in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications
Commission, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy
Backbone, Teledom International, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of
Nigeria (ALTON) among others.
Uj. N. Dominic/GEE
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