Nigeria
is on the lead of top three African countries, just as the nation lost $350m to cyber-crimes annually, reports ITRealms.
President
of Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon,
disclosed this in a presentation at the 2017 Vienna Symposium on Global Cybersecurity Awareness Messaging,
Austria entitled: "Cybersecurity in Africa: Changing the
Perspectives" in association with Samaila Atsen Bako.
According
to them, cybercrime costs the world economy the sum of US $500 billion, which is
over the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of South Africa, estimated at $350.6
billion and slightly less than that of Nigeria, about $521.8 billion which is
the continent's largest economy
As
such Nigeria, they said, Nigeria losses $350 million to cybercrime yearly
followed by Uganda $50 million and Kenya $250 million.
ITRealms reports that they disclosed
that some 11 States out of the 54 countries on the continent have basic
substantive and procedural law provisions in place, while a further 12 States
seemed to have substantive and procedural law provisions partially in place.
“The
majority of African States (30) did not have specific legal provisions on cybercrime
and electronic evidence in force. Draft laws or amendments to existing
legislation reportedly had been prepared in at least 15 States,” they said.
They
noted that for the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), a not
for profit group of professionals in the field of Information Security in
Nigeria, has focus on awareness and training whereas advocating for strong
legislative framework, government commitment, multi stakeholder approach, capacity
building and cross border collaboration.
In
addition, they said, CSEAN holds healthy debates to expand audience knowledge,
awareness and understanding of the issues around cyber-crime with objective of sharing
knowledge to grow the Information Security Industry in Nigeria via workshops
and seminars.
Cyber
Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) -not for profit group of
professionals in the field of Information Security in Nigeria
Further, they said that CSEAN adopted Stop Think Connect,
stressing that considering Africa’s youthful population, “our main focus is on
the youth.”
Nonye Dom/GEE
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