VaultBridge goes to NIIA for blockchain conference 2018 - ITREALMS

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The VaultBridge Global Limited has concluded plans to host its maiden West African Cyber Security and Blockchain Technology conference (WACSBTC2018) to the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Victoria Island-Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

Executive Director, VaultBridge Global, Harrison Ozinegbe told ITREALMS in Lagos at a press conference that they are software security company with focus on cyber security, FinTech and blockchain technology.

On the conference, he said, VaultBridge is partnering some two foreign entities, namely the KIPYA Connect and Bit2Big

“We are geared towards organizing workshops, conferences, seminars and trainings in Cyber Security, FinTech and Blockchain Technology,” he declared.

This, he said, has become pertinent as no one imagined the exponential growth of the Internet at such a short span of its introduction on commerce, industry and government and even the ordinary citizen in a remote village.

“Applications we never thought possible are daily added and uploaded on the internet, easing and facilitating the way we live and do business. Yet at the advent of internet in the 90s in Nigeria, we were all very cautious, even up to the year 2000 with the acronym of Y2K when we heard of millennium bug supposedly to crash computer and every associated data.

“We are yet again at the emergence of another great technology, the Blockchain that has come to disrupt and further revolutionize commerce, industry, government and even our everyday life,” he said.

One of the reasons for the forthcoming conference, he said, is to acquaint Nigerians alongside members of the press with some of the objectives of VaultBridge Global, to help sensitize, educate and train members of the general public by way of seminars, workshops, conferences and exhibitions to further galvanize people into exploring and exploiting the inherent benefits of this new Technology.

In this regard, we shall be conducting regular training classes for the Certified Blockchain Professionals (CBP) to bring practitioners up to speed with the Institute of iBusiness (IIB Council) requirements.

“We hope to play very active advocacy role to engage with relevant stakeholders and authorities to develop core solution architecture in the real sectors as Power, Health, Energy, Agriculture, Transportation, etc., and to carry out in-depth research and analysis in order to create a better understanding of the Blockchain Technology to enhance and benefit all sectors of the economy.

There are high incidences of illegal hackers, internet scammers and cybercrimes across the world and Nigeria is no exception. These crimes are often associated with cyberspace technolgy which Blockchain Technology also falls. This necessitates our resolve in VaultBridge to partner with KIPYA Connect and Bit2Big to constantly organize Cyber Security Executive Master Classes in Ethical Hackers and other related EC-Council certified examinations to keep operators abreast of latest technology in combating cybercrimes.

Our maiden conference is scheduled for Saturday 10th Novmber, 2018 and to hold at the Nigerian Institute of International Affrairs (NIIA), 13/15 Kofo Abayomi Road, Victoria Island, Lagos. Experts in Cyber Security and Blockchain Technology will be hand to present papers. We therefore use this opportunity to further invite you and the general public to this conference. We are not charging any entrance fees, in fact, attendees should expect some give-aways from some of our sponsors apart from the rich expose of this workshop.

Uj. N. Dominic/GEE

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Pix: L-R: Harrison Ozinegbe, Executive Director; Michael Kiberu, CEO; Precious Matthew, Client Relationship Officer  (CRO), and  Jude Ozinegbe, COO, all of VaultBridge Global at a media parley to announce the forthcoming Blockchain Technology Training and Conference in November in Lagos.

Blockchain tech: VaultBridge to train Nigerians, laments low adoption - ITREALMS

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Vault Bridge Global has concluded plans to train Nigerians on the efficacy of blockchain technology, just as it laments low adoption, reports ITREALMS.

The Executive Director of Vault Bridge Global, Mr. Harrison Ozinegbe, told ITREALMS that this could be attributed to the low level of enlightenment.

According to him, this event is a public enlightenment venture and a process to further engage on education, training and advocacy in order to bridge the gap of knowledge deficit of Cyber Security and Blockchain Technology.

“It is also to further unravel the benefits that government, commerce and industry stands to derive from the introduction, adoption and application of the Blockchain Technology,” he said.

Ozinegbe noted that from recent surveys, it has been observed that even the average elite in Nigeria do not have proper and adequate knowledge about this innovative technology called Blockchain.

“Both the public and private sector economies have a lot to benefit from the Blockchain Technology. Unfortunately, operators of the economy are either ignorant or are afraid to venture into an uncharted terrain, just as people trod the path of caution at the introduction of the internet in the 90s. On the other hand, even the few individuals who claimed to have some knowledge about Blockchain end up tagging Blockchain with CryptoCurrency as the only solution that Blockchain can deliver. Blockchain is a disruptive and innovative technology built on trust, an answer to an immutable record, storage, transmission of any form of data or transaction.”

To demystify this myth, he said VaultBridge Global in collaboration with their foreign partners, KIPYA Connect and Bit2Big are organizing this workshop scheduled for November 10, 2018 where arrays of experts in the Blockchain including the CEO of KIPYA and Bit2Big Michael Kiberu Nagenda would make presentations.

Mr. Ozinegbe further noted that what is lacking in the drive to get Blockchain technology accepted in Nigeria include the need for adequate enlightenment, education and training.

“There is need for players in the economy both government and private to constantly engage in adequate studies and research into the Blockchain Technology. Also, there is need for practitioners to come up with Blockchain Technology core solution architecture in real sectors as Power, Health, Energy, Agriculture, Transportation, etc., in order to enhance the economy,” he said.

The workshop, he said, seeks to further address some of these issues and many more that needs to be attended to in order to bring Blockchain technology to work for the growth of the Nigerian economy.

“Our purpose at VaultBridge in putting up this event is to educate and enlighten the general public, create advocacy for what inherent and unfolding benefits that the emergence of Blockchain Technology holds in the future development of Nigeria and Africa at large,” he declared.

Blockchain Technology has proven to be a tremendous invention, but it was never meant to be the be‐all‐end‐all to security. As we are daily advancing in the digital age, there is also a phenomenal increase in cybercrimes. At this conference, much discourse shall also be centered on latest measures of prevention and combating criminal hackers and cybercrimes as it relates to our everyday activities in the cyber world.

Nenye Dom/GEE

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