Think Before You Click: The cyber-safety rule
Introduction In this technologically advanced era, clicking has become one of the most fundamental acts we perform. According to Wellnomics and Statista, the average computer user makes 600 clicks per…
IIPGH Organizes Cybersecurity Workshop for Selected Security Officers in Ghana
Whenever cybersecurity is mentioned, most people think of ethical hacking. However, cybersecurity is broader than this widely held perception. This was revealed at the cybersecurity capacity building workshop organized for…
Social Engineering as A Business Risk
While the threat actors are improving on the campaign’s sophistication by building reputable-sounding content within the body of the email, cybersecurity awareness training for executives and businesses will help avoid falling for targeted social engineering attacks, and actively monitoring emails to flag threats and making sure other users are protected are equally important control measures.
Be Cyber Smart: The Way Out
National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2021 Our society, personal lives, business transactions, and critical infrastructures have become largely dependent on computer networks and information communication technology. Almost everything from our…
Safeguarding our data
As cybercriminals are getting more and more complex, organizations and individuals need to stay ahead of the curve in securing data and information.
Mobile Money Drives Informal Sector Tax Revenue Mobilization
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT), is an industry association, representing the interests of telecommunication operators and infrastructure companies, namely; AirtelTigo, MTN, Vodafone, American Tower Company, Helios Towers, Huawei, Comsys, and C-Squared. Members offer services ranging from fixed and mobile telecommunications to mobile data solutions, Internet services, and mobile financial services.
Some relevant digital transformation checkpoints for a digital economy
Africa should think big on digital development. At the current, incremental pace of economic and social advancement, according to the world bank, too many of Africa’s expanding youth population will…
The Coding Caravan: IT Consortium and IIPGH taking ICT Skills Programs into Communities
Technology education and skills development should not be the preserve of the affluent in our society, it must be democratized and accessible by all. This is because emerging technology skills…
How to start a career in cybersecurity
Many cyber security experts know tons about the specific ins and outs of security. They also know more general things about technology. The key to understanding cyber security is to know a lot about data systems and data networks. If you do not understand networking, how will you know if a system is vulnerable or not? You should start out by mastering a few different operating systems, learn how they function at the root level, and you will quickly understand how and why they fail.
IIPGH organizes maiden quarterly symposium: “State of Ghana’s cybersecurity, should we be concerned?”
Educational institutions must be interested in such initiatives to foster the needed discussions between industry and academia. As a capacity-building organization, IIPGH is always very much ready to engage stakeholders through such platforms to shape and impact policy.