The National Open University of Nigeria has commenced training for security personnel on the adoption of digital forensics in order to curtail insecurity and cybercrimes in the country.
The five-day training was organised in partnership with the Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning and has participants drawn from the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practises And Other Related Offences Commission, the Department of State Services; the Nigerian Immigration Service, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the National Defence College, among others.
Speaking at the opening of the training in Abuja on Tuesday, the Vice-Chancellor, the National Open University of Nigeria, Professor Olufemi Peters, lamented the increasing rate of cybercrime in Nigeria. He added that the use of digital forensics during the investigation had become important due to the alarming rate of crime.
Represented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor, , Professor Uduma Uduma, he also emphasised that the Digital Forensic and Incident Response Course has been designed to support law enforcement agencies in their investigations. He said, ”Most of the crimes committed today are committed digitally and to that extent, this training is coming at the right time. There are lots of cybercrimes going on and this is what this workshop is tailored to do. At the end of this workshop, it is expected that the beneficiaries would have built skills to identify information security threats.
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