Nigeria is ranked fifth in Africa and fifty sixth in the world in the global cyber security index as she has remained steadfast in the fight against cyber crime.
This was part of the views of speakers at a seminar organised by the U.S. Embassy’ offices of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and the Information Resource Management for young people on cyber safety awareness with the theme “Own it, Secure it and Protect it”.
Ekwi Ajide of our Abuja bureau reports that the seminar which was in commemoration of ‘Cyber Security Awareness Month 2019’, attracted students and teachers from ten secondary schools and two Universities in Abuja.
In her opening remarks, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’affaires Ms Kathleen FitzGibbon advised the students to take control of their internet image and own who they are on the internet as people can misuse their profile.
She urged them to be careful about what kind of picture they use because even when taken down, it does not mean it has not been seen or downloaded by someone, and could still be used against them.
Ms FitzGibbon stressed the importance of protecting personal information’s, stressing that there are a lot of bad actors on the internet who are often after ones personal information.
Other speakers including Heather Armstrong of FBI, T.George-Maria Tyendezwa of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Tayo Adesuyi of the office of the National Security Advisor among others called on the youths to be patriotic citizens, own, protect and secure their presence online while urging them to utilise the internet for the good of the entire country.
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