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Experts Call For Firm Legislation Against Cyber Crime

Experts and key players in ICT development and control at the 2013 Cyber Security Conference have called for strong legislations in all countries to combat … Continue reading Experts Call For Firm Legislation Against Cyber Crime


Experts and key players in ICT development and control at the 2013 Cyber Security Conference have called for strong legislations in all countries to combat the menace of cybercrime.

The experts who spoke at the 2013 Cyber Security Conference in Abuja warned that cyber insecurity constitutes a latent threat to national security and economic development.

The conference, which held today at the Federal Capital Territory, had guest speakers including the First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs Patience Goodluck Jonathan, former Prime Minister of Israel and Her Most Decorated Soldier, Ehud Barak and Deputy to the Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau ITU, Philippe Metzger.

It was disclosed at the meeting that 50 million Nigerians are on the internet daily and of this number, half are children.

This alarming figure was said to have informed the approval of the cybercrime bill by the federal executive council for onward transmission to the national assembly for passage into law.

This law is to protect children and young adults from abuse on the cyber space.

About 2.7 billion people the world over are expected to be using the internet by the end of 2013 increasing the risk of the threat of cybercrimes and dangers and the need to fight it with resilient strategies experts say must be collaborative and practical.