Breaking: AU appoints Nigerian Ajijola into Cybersecurity Expert Group – ITREALMS

ITREALMS: 

The African Union (AU) has appointed a Nigerian Cyber security guru, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola (AhA), into its Cyber Security Expert Group (AUCSEG), ITREALMS can authoritatively confirmed.

AUCSEG, ITREALMS gathered, is a committee that will advise the African Union Commission (AUC) in matters related to cyber security, cybercrime, cyber-legislations, online privacy and data protection as well as digital policy related issues.ITREALMS  also gathered that AUCSEG would be inaugurated on Tuesday, 10 December 2019 in Addis Ababa.

ITREALMS recollects that Ajijola is a global cybersecurity resource, who is ranked #13 in the IFSEC Global Cybersecurity professionals’ influencers and thought leaders list.

He is concurrently a Commissioner, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC); Chair, Working Group on Cyber Incident Management and Critical Information Protection of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE).

Ajijola equally serving as a member, Group of Experts for the Nigerian Senate Committee on Cybersecurity and ICT and Chair, Subcommittee on the review of the Cyber-Crime Act 2015.

A founding member of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT), Ajijola is the Executive Chairman, Consultancy Support Services (CS2) Ltd based in Abuja.

Remmy Nweke/DoP

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