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October is being recognized as National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
This is due to the fact that the average Ghanaian spends half of their waking hours using an electronic device to access the internet.
If it isn’t on social media, then it can be found by reading news sources that provide global news.
It has advanced to the point that businesses are dealing through it, including buying and selling online.
In terms of corporate business, a lot of attention has been paid to cyber security, ranging from B2C to C2G, C2C, C2B, and B2B, among others.
The danger that this same unfettered, unrestricted, and unfiltered access to cyberspace poses to us as a nation is what has eluded us.
One cyber security risk that doesn’t worry us today is the ability for anyone to turn on their phone camera and record a live video without using content that is restricted or even planned.
The majority of these live recordings spread untrue accusations, disparage well-known figures in our nation, and damage some Patriots’ hard-earned reputations.
Currently, a few unclassified “Professionals” who identify as bloggers post anything they want into the cyberspace that is accessible to millions of people.
It is unclear either these people are Journalist or private individuals.
Unfortunately neither the National Security nor the media commission seems bothered about the activities of these people.
As someone who patronize the social media platforms alot, and as someone who has a bit of knowledge in Cyber Security and Data Forensics, I can confidently say that if ever there is going to be any form of disturbances, Chaos and unrest in this country, it will start from the Cyberspace
I therefore propose that the National Cyber Security authority together with the National Security should look beyond educating Ghanaians on how to prevent petty Cyber frauds etc and look at the bigger picture, especially how the Unregulated Cyber Security Space poses a National Security threat to our country Ghana.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
