Transcript Document

Cyber Security: Realities,
Challenges and Solutions
Prof Raymond Akwule
President/CEO
Digital Bridge Institute
“Implementation Strategies for Computer
Emergency Readiness Teams (CERTs) for
Africa”
Digital Bridge Institute – Abuja
November 1 & 2 , 2010
The Dilemma of the Information
Society

The benefits of the Information Society are well
known …

But the Information society has also created the new
problems of Cyber Crime and Cyber Security
Cybercrime and Cyber Security in the
Information Society


Definition
Cybercrime -- all criminal offences which are
committed with the aid of, or targeted at,
communication devices in a network. This can
be for example the Internet, the telephone
line or the mobile network.
Cybercrime and Cyber Security in the
Information Society

Types of Cybercrime



















Auction Fraud
Auction Fraud — Romania
Counterfeit Cashier's Check
Credit Card Fraud
Debt Elimination
Parcel Courier Email Scheme
Employment/Business Opportunities
Escrow Services Fraud
Identity Theft
Internet Extortion
Investment Fraud
Lotteries
Nigerian Letter or "419"
Phishing/Spoofing
Ponzi/Pyramid
Reshipping
Spam
Third Party Receiver of Funds
Telecom Fraud
Statistics ( Top 10 Perpetrators)
10
Top Ten Countries (Cyber Crime
Perpetrators)










1. United States 66.1%
2. United Kingdom 10.5%
3. Nigeria 7.5%
4. Canada 3.1%
5. China 1.6%
6. South Africa 0.7%
7. Ghana 0.6%
8. Spain 0.6%
9. Italy 0.5%
10. Romania 0.5%
11
Cybercrime and Cyber Security in the
Information Society
Why are Cyber Crimes on the Rise?
1. They are easy to learn how to commit;
2. They require few resources relative to the potential damage
caused;
3. They can be committed in a jurisdiction without being
physically present in it;
4. They are often not clearly illegal.
Why this Workshop On CERTs
Definition

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a name given
to expert groups that handle computer security incidents
Cert Organizations study the following:
1.
Internet Security Vulnerabilities
2.
Research long term changes in Networked Systems
3.
Develop Information and Training to help governments, citizens and
businesses to improve security.
Why this Workshop On CERTs
CERT Organizations would typically focus on the following
among others:
1.
Software Assurances
2.
Secure Systems
3.
Organizational Security
4.
Coordinated Response Training
DIGITAL BRIDGE INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES
Campuses @ Abuja, Lagos and kano
OUR MAKE UP
The Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) is an
initiative of the Federal Government
through the Nigerian
Communications Commission
DBI was established in May 2004
VISION STATEMENT
To be a world-class centre for
Telecommunications and
Information Technology
Training and Education
STRATEGIC VISION

By combining education, training, scholarship
and research of highest quality, and a
commitment to student welfare, DBI shall
become a world-class centre of excellence in
Telecommunications and Information
Technology training and education.
MISSION STATEMENT
“To contribute to the creation of a
knowledge- based information
society in Africa, through human
resource capacity building in the
Information and Communications
Technology”
DBI CAMPUSES
DBI has three campuses
Note: A new campus is under construction
in Abuja
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
TRACKS
Telecommunication Engineering
 Telecommunication Technology
 Telecommunication Management
 Information System Engineering
 Information System Management
 Information System Productivity tools
 Telecommunication Regulation, Policy and Law
 Management and Leadership Development

Strategic Plan
Establish a Technology Park which will
serve as a catalyst for appropriate IT
promotion and adoption in Nigeria and
the region
 Park will be an effective tool for knowledge
transfer and for the creation and attraction of
competitive enterprises
 Park will foster high value job development,
enabling students and alumni to be employed in
high value activities
 Park will be the base for technology transfer and
technology-based companies’ acceleration and
landing
Strategic Plan
Center for Software Incubation and
Development (CSID).
 Center will facilitate the development of
a Nigerian software outsourcing
industry that will target the national
and international markets
 Center will develop open source
software applications in partnership
with the private sector and other
international research organizations.
Strategic Plan
ICT Research Center
 Center will engage in research on a broad
range of ICT issues.
 A major focus of the center will be research
on cybercrime and cyber security.
 Additional activity will include development,
refinement, and data collection of ICT
indicators, as well as research on policy
reform, inquiries into applications of new
technologies using innovative processes in
rural areas, and other ICT research activities.
Strategic Plan
Center for Multimedia Research
 Center will conduct research on policy
and content issues of electronic media
including the exploding Nigerian Film
Industry (Nollywood)
 Center shall serve as the hub for the
systematic study of technical, policy
and management issues related to the
various evolving multi-media.
Strategic Partners - 1

Partnership with International Organizations
1. UNN (Nsukka)
2. UDUS (Sokoto)
3. Federal Polytechnic, (Nekede)
4. FUTO (Owerri)
5. USTDA
6. The MacArthur Foundation, USA
7. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
8. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society,
Harvard University, USA
9. George Mason University, USA
10. University of Southern Carlifornia, USA
11. London Metropolitan University
12. The World Bank
Sample DBI Classrooms
Executive Training Room
Telecom And Datacom Laboratory
Digital Resource Library
DBI Abuja Server Facility
Practical Training on VSAT @ DBI
Thank You!!!
Prof Raymond Akwule
President, Digital Bridge Institute
 [email protected]
 [email protected]
33