Bawumia launches 2018 Cyber Security Awareness Programme

The Safer Digital Ghana campaign, focusing on four key thematic areas – Children, the Public, Business and the Government - has been developed to respond to the increasing spate of cybercrimes and cybersecurity breaches which could potentially undermine the gains from Ghana’s digitalization agenda, according to officials of the Ministry of Communication.

“As we become more reliant on the digital economy, we must have a collective responsibility to create awareness as an imperative for ensuring that our digital world is secure and mutually beneficial to all users,” Vice President Bawumia indicated.

“It should be obvious to many of us that due to the way business is conducted and the linkages between countries through the cyberspace, like terrorism, cyber risk has become one of the most dominant issues on the international agenda.

“As we become more and closely connected to each other, together we become highly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. When there are insufficient authentication methods or a lack of consumer security knowledge, then each user is only as safe or vulnerable as the other,” he emphasised.



Government, Vice President Bawumia indicated, is working with partners both home and abroad to ensure enhanced cybersecurity for Ghana.

“The Ministry of Communications has assessed the challenges facing Ghana with respect to cybersecurity and charted a roadmap that would ensure protection for government, business, the public and most importantly our children who have become a target for all forms of abuse and exploitation online.

“For government, cybersecurity is a public good. The benefits are shared. It is therefore an obligation that the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Communications takes seriously. Government will make the necessary efforts to support national cybersecurity development efforts,” he assured.



In brief remarks, the Minister for Communications, Hon Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, outlined a number of activities lined up for the awareness campaign, including regional launches, cyber security and crime awareness campaigns in selected schools in all 10 regions, and a dialogue with all former Ministers of Communication for a frank exchange of ideas on cyber security.



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