“Our hearts go out to those impacted.”
Concerns over national security are growing as federal and state governments turn to virtual space for meetings.
Experts on information and communications technology and the security sector who spoke to The Guardian maintained that more efforts were needed to stop the leaky nature of the country’s online space.Some funds have already been lost. According to the Nigeria Cybersecurity Report, about $800 million disappeared in 2018. Earlier this year, the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria revealed that in the last 10 years, the country lost about N5.
The company pointed to its “recently updated security features”, adding that Zoom users should not widely share meeting access and passwords “as appeared to be the case” with the church group. The chairman, Mobile Software Solution, Chris Uwaje, noted that there would be a spike in cyber activities, especially crimes. He said there were several imminent security risks attached to some of the apps used in Nigeria, especially as COVID-19 had forced people to work online.
Asked if there was a national security risk involved in deploying some applications, a security consultant, Dennis Amachree, answered yes and no. “Our security agencies especially the police have to sharpen their capability in handling cyber crimes. Bank accounts are being emptied. ATM cards are being cloned and the theft of identity is no longer a myth in Nigeria, but a reality. Even in the security world, the revolution is on. We have been talking about the convergence of information technology and security. This is happening at a very fast pace and security professionals have to rebrand themselves to meet this new challenge,” he said.
“In a digital world offering a wide range of digital products and services, some are more secure than others. You must, therefore, assess both functionalities for your needs as well as security while choosing digital solutions for virtual activities,” he said. “That’s what we can do on our part. It is at an individual’s discretion. Government cannot protect you from such apps. It is free, designed by a company for one’s use with their Ts&Cs. If you want total protection on virtual conferencing, you can use apps like Microsoft Teams which is highly secure,” she said.
The survey polled 5,000 IT decisionmakers in organisations in 26 countries across six continents, including Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
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