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Lagos, June 10, 2021 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday in Lagos said that its digital currency might be launched by the end of 2021. Mrs Rakiya Mohammed, an Information Technology Specialist with CBN, made the disclosure at an online news briefing at the end of Bankers Committee meeting. According to her,
By Sylvester Idowu
A United States-based cybersecurity expert, Dr. Augustine Ohwobete has advised that as the pace of digital disruption accelerates and innovative new technology reach the market, organisations and other financial institutions should put measures in place to check cybercrimes.
The Nigerian born Cybercrime expert said this during a webinar with the theme, “Cyber threat Landscape: Financial Services, 2021 and beyond,” organised by Information Security Society of Africa, Nigeria (ISSAN).
Ohwobete listed the different cyber-attacks such as web-based attack, third party attack, insider threats attacks, and advised organisations to put resilient structures in place in order to understand the nature of attacks and when attacks are about to happen.