Data Protection: Why most cyber attacks on MDAs are successful – NDPC boss

The Federal Government, done the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC, has attributed astir 94.7% of information breaches and attacks to the deficiency of skilled personnel, particularly successful Nigeria.

The National Commissioner of the NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, stated this astatine the flag-off of the Technical and Organisational Drill connected Data Protection Measures for IT Administrators Across MDAs, going connected successful Abuja.

He said that breaches of information and cyber attacks tin pb to fiscal nonaccomplishment and reputational damage, adding that individuals who onslaught networks bash it for respective reasons, including embarrassing the government, fiscal gains, and conscionable for the amusive of it.

He said, “We’re moving astir each facet of our beingness online, and determination are challenges extracurricular with these cyber attacks and breaches, and by the way, each 39 seconds a breach volition occur, and this road, the effect runs to billions of dollars globally, and quality superior has been recognised.

“94.7% of breaches are attributed to a deficiency of skilled personnel, and that’s the mean globally. It’s adjacent much successful Nigeria.

“Looking astatine the question of attacks successful the caller months, we felt it’s truly important for america to make awareness, fto web administrators, information preachers, information extortion officers cognize what they request to enactment successful spot successful presumption of technica...