Buhari to declare open eNigeria confab’17

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The president, Mohammadu Buhari, has been confirmed to declare open the 2017 eNigeria conference in Abuja, while the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami is to give the keynote, reports ITRealms.

Head, Corporate Affairs & External Relations at the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mrs. Hadiza Umar, disclosed this in a press statement made available to ITRealms at the weekend, saying that eNigeria is the no. 1 Information Technology Conference organised by NITDA in collaboration with relevant IT stakeholders from public, private sector as well as non-governmental organisations.

The 2017 theme, she said, is on the theme "Fostering Digital Economy through Local Content Development and Effective Regulations" will be declared open by His Excellency, President Mohammadu Buhari GCFR, President and Commander -in- Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice is the Keynote Speaker.

The event is eNigeria, she also said, involves conference, exhibition and award holding inside the International Conference Centre, Abuja from 7th to 9th of November, 2017, as President Buhari is to use the occasion to advance the agenda for local content and sectoral regulations as basis for Nigeria’s entry into the digital economy.

The 10th Edition of eNigeria 2017 will promote deliberations on how Nigeria could thicken the value of its policy thrust on local content in pursuit of a national economy that is less dependent on crude oil export.

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Zinox chairman, Ekeh, governors, service chiefs, Dangote, others for GOCOP confab’17

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A group for the highest strata of Nigerian media professionals in online publishing, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has secured firm assurances of the presence of eminent Nigerians at its 2017 conference, reports ITRealms.

The conference themed: “Sustaining Growth through Diversification of the Economy,” ITRealms reports would hold Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Renaissance Hotel, Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, in a press statement made available to ITRealms, disclosed that the Chairman, Zinox Technologies group, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, Governors Nyesom Wike, Abdulafatah Ahmed and Darius Ishaku of Rivers, Kwara and Taraba States respectively, have confirmed their presence at the conference as Special Guests.

Others are the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas; the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; and Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi.

Also confirmed are the President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; the Group Chairman, Mutual Assurance Plc, Chief Akin Ogunbiyi; the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria LNG, Tony Attah; the Director, United Nations Information Centre in Nigeria, Ronald Kayanja; and the Founder, Oodua People’s Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun.

Keynote speakers at the conference are university teacher, Prof. Akin Onigbinde; the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Bayo Onanuga; and a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi.

Former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Sun Newspapers and now the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina; and the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of New Telegraph Newspapers and also the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Funke Egbemode, will participate in the discussion.

A new GOCOP executive council will be inaugurated at the conference.

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CSEAN unveils theme for ‘Cyber Secure Nigeria’ Confab’17

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The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has unveiled the theme for the 2017 annual Cyber Secure Nigeria conference, slated for Abuja in May, this year, reports ITRealms.

President of CSEAN, Mr. Remi Afon, made this disclosure to ITRealms at the weekend, saying that the theme of this year conference is "Building Resilient Cyber Defence".

He also said that Cyber Secure Nigeria conference has become an annual event which this year is the third of its kind and provides unparalleled cyber security gathering of Industry giants, government, academia, information security professionals from Nigeria and international community.

The three-day conference, he said, would take place between May 16 and 18 at the CBN International Training Centre, Maitama Abuja.

Afon noted that cyber threats and attacks are becoming commonplace, sophisticated and damaging. Governments, organisations and individuals are faced with an evolving complex threat landscape. State and non-state actors are capitalising on vulnerabilities to launch attacks.

He pointed out that through workshops, plenary and breakout sessions, Cyber Secure Nigeria 2017 will prepare participants to defend their networks and operations against growing sophistication of cyber-attacks by building resilient cyber defence.

CSEAN President underscored the fact that the global cost of cybercrime will reach $6 trillion by 2021, a threefold increase from the 2015 estimate of $3 trillion according to Cybersecurity Ventures. “Unfortunately, over 80 per cent of organisations and government agencies in Nigeria believe that since they have not suffered a major cyber-attack, there is no need for security to be implemented in their business plan,” he said.

Afon also quoted a recent report by Kaspersky as showing that North Korean hacking operation linked to Lazarus group targeted banks in 18 countries of which Nigeria was among the targets.

“Clearly, this has shown that Nigeria is not immune to cyber threats,” he said, stressing that the vast scope of cyber threats we face today makes a compelling case for legislation that will compel organisations to have minimum cyber security controls in place and also mandate them to make full disclosure once they are breached. This will assist the nation in understanding attack vectors we face and aid security experts in implementation of adequate security controls,” Afon said.

ITRealms recalls that CSEAN is a non-profit organisation composed of information security professionals in Nigeria and diaspora, recognising the need for unified effort and framework across board to tackle cyber crime. Hence, CSEAN was established as an advocacy group to galvanise the movement and development of Information Security in Nigeria.

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