CSEAN Lagos Announces Commitment to Growing Global Cybersecurity

The Lagos Chapter of the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) proudly announces its active participation in the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Established in 2004, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, celebrated every October, stands as the preeminent global initiative dedicated to fostering awareness of cybersecurity and promoting best practices.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a collaborative endeavour engaging businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, associations, non-profit organizations, tribal communities, and individuals who are committed to imparting knowledge about online safety.

Mr. Oluwatobi Afolabi, Chairman of the 2023 Security Awareness Committee at CSEAN Lagos, emphasized the significance of this annual initiative.

He said, “This month serves as a powerful reminder of the emerging challenges that confront us in today’s digital landscape. Our mission aligns seamlessly with the objectives of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which seeks to spotlight these challenges and offer clear, actionable guidance to forge a secure and safeguarded digital world for ourselves and our loved ones.

Adding that, the commitment from CSEAN Lagos underscores the organization’s dedication to advancing cybersecurity awareness and education, not only during Cybersecurity Awareness Month but throughout the year. By uniting efforts, we can collectively tackle the dynamic cybersecurity landscape, empowering individuals and organizations to secure their digital lives and contribute to a safer online environment.” he said.

From mobile to connected home devices, technology is deeply intertwined with human lives.

And while the evolution of technology accelerates, cybercriminals are working just as hard to find ways to compromise technology and disrupt personal and business life. For 20 years and still counting, Cybersecurity Awareness Month aims to highlight some of the emerging

challenges that exist in the world of cybersecurity today and provide straightforward actionable guidance that anyone can follow to create a safe and secure digital world for themselves and their loved ones.

Starting this year, the new theme of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is “Secure Our World”,

with the main messaging revolving around four key cybersecurity best practices, understanding the benefits of using a password manager and dispelling existing myths

around password manager security and ease of use, turning on multi factor authentication on personal devices and business networks, recognizing and reporting phishing – still one of the primary threat actions used by cybercriminals today and installing updates on a regular basis and turning on automated updates.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues to build momentum and impact with the goal of

providing everyone with the information they need to stay safer and more secure online.

CSEAN Lagos is proud to support this far-reaching online safety awareness and education

initiative which is co-managed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

CSEAN is a non-profit organization made up of Information security professionals, centred on a collective purpose and vision to be a vehicle championing the cause and awareness of

Information security best practices, acting as an agent of change to address Cyber Crime

phenomena through engaging intellectual minds, business and political leaders. As Cyber

Security protagonists the organization looks to hold healthy debate, to expand the audiences’ knowledge, awareness and understanding of the issues around Cyber-crime. Through workshops and seminars, they wish to share knowledge and grow the Information Security Industry in the country, whilst creating youth forums to breed future generations of Information Security professionals. It also holds broader discussions with the government officials on issues of tackling Cyber Crime.

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