AON reports 100% surge in E&O cyber matters in 2020

Online EditorMarch 10, 2021

Zainab Iwayemi   A report by Aon, the financial risk mitigation service firm has revealed that the year 2020 recorded an average of three new Error and Omission (E&O) cyber matters per business day which is equivalent to a 100 percent increase from 2019. Also, the year 2020 saw a quarterly surge in the average […]

1500 SMEs to benefit from UK grant through Cybersafe

September 14, 2020

As the world shifts towards remote work frameworks and online service delivery, the government of the United Kingdom has put pen to paper to provide a grant for Nigeria’s Cybersafe Foundation to engage in a cybersecurity awareness programme tagged “Safe Digital Community During the COVID-19 Project.” The project is sponsored through the UK’s Prosperity Fund […]

Research finds Nigeria, other African countries not prepared for cyber threat

February 19, 2020

By Samson Echenim Despite claims of working against cyber attacks by authorities in Nigeria, a recent research has found that Nigerians and citizens of some other countries in Africa are not prepared for cyber attacks. The 2019 KnowBe4 African Report across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana has found that people […]

Data protection: NITDA issues non-compliance notice to 100 companies

December 12, 2019

No less than 100 companies are to be issued non-compliance notices by the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for their failure to comply with certain processes of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) of the agency. The companies, which operate in the financial technology, aviation, and betting sectors, failed to submit their initial data audit as the NDPR […]

Google interfaces startups with UK, African investors to augment $4.3m capital

December 3, 2019

By Omobayo Azeez   Digital communication giant, Google, has hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos, which saw Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa graduates, from across Africa, pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists (VCs). The programme also marked the completion and graduation of Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 4 […]

Google sacks workers over data violations on security policies

November 26, 2019

Alphabet Inc. owned tech company, Google has fired four employees for violating its policies on data securities. This move by Google has elicited a lot of reactions from the colleagues of the affected staff who thought the sack was unfair. Google sacked the four employees shortly after a protest where they allegedly collated personal data from colleagues […]

Reevaluating cyber security in a cloud age

October 24, 2019

Reevaluating cyber security in a cloud age

Stakeholders have reevaluated affiliated dangers and prospects of growing adoption of cloud services and several other solutions attached to it, especially as the scourge of cyber attacks continues to prowl, writes OMOBAYO AZEEZ. The need to save, store and access data has been a regular demand in every day affairs from personal to corporate and to governments’ […]

Nigeria is losing trillions to corruption, say forensic experts

Businessam StaffAugust 16, 2019

Forensic experts yesterday alleged growing cases of fraud, cybercrime and corruption in the country despite government’s effort to address these problems. At a press conference in Abuja, Ayishetu Enape,, the protem president of the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Auditors of Nigeria, said that the country’s loss to corruption “currently is in the region […]