The President of Medallion Communications Limited, Mr. Ike
Nnamani has urged Nigeria to emulate Uganda on her top 10 priorities for
2018 on cyber security readiness for digital transformation, reports ITREALMS.
Nnamani, who spoke at the 2018 eWorld Forum on the subtheme
"Nigeria's Readiness for Digital Transformation - Cyber Security
Readiness" in Lagos, prescribing a top 10 agenda for the country, just
like Uganda has outlined.
The top 10 prescription by Nnamani includes database
security, introduction of Privileged User Management (PUM), Patch Management,
Unstructured Data Management, Endpoint Security, Employee Security Awareness,
Vendor/Third Party security, board changing role, security architecture cum engineer
skill set and continues monitoring, based on the 2017 Cyber Security Report by
Serianu.
As said by him, Nigeria needs to secure its vault by
leveraging database security, lamenting that banking sector is still the most
targeted industry in the country.
He also explained that PUM for instance, will define who has
access to the crown jewels, whereas Patch Management will determine what to
patch or not to patch, stressing that by unstructured data management, there is
no one size fits all solution for any country, pointing out that via endpoint
security, cybe security will have a front-line of actions expressed
established.
In addition, Nnamani pointed out that employee security
awareness cannot be over-emphasised because ignorance is not bliss in every business
let alone when it comes to cyber security, advising that vendor and third party
security must be encouraged to bring on their own vulnerability findings and
solutions.
The board, he said, must be abreast of changing roles and
centrality of cyber security in an organization and when changes begin to occur
it should trickle down the ladder of leadership, even as the security
architecture cum engineer skill set must be widen to keep employee alive to
their responsibilities and upto date on skill sets, without necessarily
forgetting the essence of continuous monitoring of the system.
He declared that ‘vigilance’ is the second name of cyber
security.
The aforementioned, he said, if adhered to strictly, that
Nigeria will emerge from being top victim on cyber security gaps to closing the
gaps immensely.
Chuks Egbune/ED, Ops
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