NCC, Israel plan collaboration to curb cyberattacks
This was
made known when a delegation from Israel made up of its Director Africa
Department II, West and Central Africa, Barnea Hassid; the Deputy Chief of
Mission, Embassy of Israel, Abuja, Nadav Goren; and the Senior Economic
Officer, Embassy of Israel, Florence Osuji, visited the NCC head office in
Abuja.
In his
remarks, Hassid informed the NCC that they had come to discuss areas of
collaboration and interest with the commission.
According to
him, some of the areas of interest are cybersecurity and how to address issues
of cybercrimes resulting from convergence of Internet devices, hacking of
online financial transactions and channels of electronic transactions, online
impersonation and terrorism, which utilises Internet to connect members
globally.
Hassid
further stated that the embassy had met with the Nigeria Governors Forum and
discussed matters that required government’s attention and bilateral agreements
between the two countries.
The
Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, while
commending the team for the bilateral relationship between the two nations,
stated that the commission would welcome any partnership to mitigate challenges
of cybercrimes, security and privacy matters in the app sector.
He further
stated that one of the commission’s eight-point agenda was focused on
facilitating broadband penetration and ensuring 30 per cent penetration by end
of 2018.
Danbatta
noted that this would bring unprecedented developments and growth to the
telecoms sector, adding that new challenges due to innovative applications
requiring expertise and network professionals would emerge.
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