Strategies for a Safe
Cyberspace
By
Olusegun H. Olugbile
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-Program & Project Dev
segun@cybersolutionafrica.org
GLOBAL NETWORK FOR CYBERSOLUTION LTD/Gte
-Anti-Cybercrime Advocacy & Cybersecurity Solution Organization
(Promoting a Secure Cyberspace and Digital Economy in Africa )
Corporate Officer Olujinmi Chamber Floor 5th Floor, Nicon Insurance Plaza, Abuja F.CT Nigeria, West Africa Tel: +234 (0) 9-7801555, Fax:
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Introdution…
The Paper Presentation objectives
• To offer suggestions on initiatives, innovations
and strategies that can be considered and
adopted for common benefit of the Nation
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What is Cyberspace
A virtual reality creation of information and Communication
technology infrastructures that offers virtual capabilities to
communicate, interact, exchange ideas, share information,
provide social support, conduct business, direct actions, create
artistic media, play games, engage in political discussion, and
so on. such as the internet, computer systems, integrated
communication devices , system control networks and
embedded processors and controllers common to global
control and communications.
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The Glimpse of Nigeria
Cyberspace Profile
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The Goodnews…
As at dec. 2009 Nigeria is the largest user of
internet in Africa in terms of the following
parameters as released by U.S. Census Bureau;
•Internet User latest Data (23,982,200)
•Internet penetration 16.1% as compare to our 150millon
population
•Internet users growth of 11.891% as compared to Dec 2000
internet user growth statistic
•27.8% internet user in Africa as compared to other African
country, which qualifies us as the largest internet users in Africa
But while the potential for good is undisputed, it has also raised
new and disturbing issues, especially where youths and children
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Why A Safe Cyberspace?
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1. We are in 21st century. An era of electronic economy revolution.
2. Nigeria is a member of cyber-ecosystem.
3. The National Vision is anchored, via ICT, on full participation in
cyber ecosystem
4. The cyber ecosystem is now global domain for economy, trade,
commerce, and is deeply rooted in aggressive socio-economic
interactions and unprecedented competitions for dominance in
business and politics.
5. Our daily e-interactions and e-socioeconomic activities are
growing on cyberspace. This is reflected in our Internet Presence
density, telecom density, evolving e-public services delivery, eregistration, e-payment banking and so on.
6. It is a well known fact that ICT is becoming driving force for
Nigeria’s economic growth as well as a special delivery vehicle
for vision 202020.
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What Are at Risks?
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Three (3) most critical aspect of our national
life are at risks. These include:
1. Economy
2. Governance, and
3. Nation’s young population (i.e young
people, youth and children bracket).
Our nation’s nascent economic and democratic institutions, international status, security and
the future of new generation of Nigerians most especially children and youths will greatly
depend on the strength of our country capacity to provide safety, protection, and regulation
of our cyberspace. Porous cyberspace dilutes our nation investment in business, education
and innovation, enhanced large scale channel for global manipulation and digital corruption,
erode our dignity and ability to respond and manage cybercrisis emergency.
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The Possible National Consequences Of A
Vulnerable, Insecure or Unsafe Cyberspace
1. National Economy catastrophe— e.g a cyberattack on aviation industry
infrastructures, could result in thousands of deaths and billions of Naira of
damage in property within a very short time and paralyzed nation economy.
2. Sociopolitical insecurity.- For example unguarded online forum and socialnetworking become platform for intended propaganda against individuals,
business or government.
3. Loss of interest in ICT : insecurity will breeds Inhibition in ICT in the country
resulting to a self-denial of the ICT benefits which is require for the national
vision and national security.
4. The most terrifying consequences is malicious exploitation, cyberabuse,
and cybercriminal recruitment of underaged, Youth, Women and children on
the internet through unregulated online activities, unguarded internet access
and operation, which will be exploited by cyber-predators and cybercriminals
underground syndicate worldwide.
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Global Scenario with focus On
Child Online Vulnerability
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Staggering Global report from Global Cybersecurity Agenda
Team of ITU and cybercrime statistic center, exposed the faces
of new generation of risks our children are exposed to:
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Online Pornography: (The worst of it all. Use for our case
study in this presentation)
Online Violence
Cybercriminal recruitment
Online Gaming & Addiction
Online Fraud
Cyber-bullying
Online Racism
Cyber-impersonation
Online Kidnapping : this growing daily with personal
experience.
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Children Internet Pornography Statistics
 Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography
 15-17 year olds having multiple hard-core exposures
 8-16 year olds having viewed porn online
11 years old
80%
90% (most while doing
homework)
 7-17 year olds who would freely give out home address
29%
 7-17 year olds who would freely give out email address
14%
 Children's character names linked to thousands of porn
links
26 (Including Pokemon
and Action Man)
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Pornography Time Statistics
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Every second - $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography.
Every second - 28,258 internet users are viewing pornography.
Every second - 372 internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines.
Every 39 minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States.
Women and Pornography
 Women keeping their cyber activities secret
70%
 Women struggling with pornography addiction
17%
 Ratio of women to men favoring chat rooms
2X
 Percentage of visitors to adult websites who are women
1 in 3 visitors
 Women accessing adult websites each month
9.4 million
 Women admitting to accessing pornography at work
13%
Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their behaviors in real life, such as
having multiple partners, casual sex or affairs.
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Following is a summary listing of Interpol Member Countries and the status of
their child pornography legislation and Child Protection status as released by
the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC)
Unfortunately, the report concluded that 28 few of the world’s countries have
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Most unfortunate Local Impact of Unsafe Cybersafe in Nigeria.
“Cyber porno-predators are invisibly recruiting our young
people in campuses, secondary schools, public and private
institutions employees are falling victims for instant monetary
gain. For instance, some campuses (students) at the Nation’s
higher institutions get involved in extremely immoral hetero &
homosexual acts perpetuated through internet video, they
perform the acts themselves even with animals, package it and
send via internet to porno-merchants who In return pay
undisclosed amount” Confidential source from local campus
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
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1. Determination of National Vulnerability Status
statistic to determine actual level of vulnerability
2. Creation of Coaliation of Core Stakeholders to
facilitate creation and adoption of common criteria in
the implementation of CERT – Public & Private
Sectors, Academia, Industry, Professional bodies, Core
NGOs
3. Intensify political leaders involvement on
Cybersecurity Readiness (Policy) and Response
(Implementation)
4. Cybersecurity Capacity Building
5. Support for local advocacy drivers
6. Cybersecurity Vs Financial Crime –Change Our
Perception
7. Domesticate Internet Content Governance
8. Blocking what’s going out or coming in?
1.Unified National Cybersecurity Policy:
There
must be a renewable national statement of policy on safety and security of our
engagement in cyberspace.
Action Plan - New Coalition of core stakeholders.
2. Cybersecurity and Cyberspace Governance bill.
This will require the Executive and lawmaker’s strategic understanding and
cooperation for its actualization. This law that will translate Nigeria well
articulated local National cybersecurity policy into action plan for the
country. The law will protect and safe-guard Nigerian people, economy and
socio-political institutions and interactions within the global domain of
cyberspace. It will provided foundation for the digital Nigeria to operate
seamlessly and compete favorably and competitively in the cyberspace.
3. Local Capacity in Cybersecurity : Our ability to protect
ourselves and to resist exploitation of our vulnerability is ultimately depend on
our diverse youth and young people that have found new way of life in
cybercrime and cybersecurity. Cybersecurity Must Attractive to our youth.
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4. Setting
up of Mandatory Local Internet Content
Governance Infrastructure:
Government MUST set up National Internet Content Filtering Gateway to protect Nigerian
youths and local Internet consumers Community. The innovation is expected to provide
enforceable national internet content filtering requirement for ISPs, telecom companies,
and provide Nigerian Internet community with standardized Computer and mobile phone
base internet filtering gateway policy with active participation of all on internet users in the
country. E.g EFCC-Microsoft wrong approach
5. Nigerian Child Online Protection (NICOP):
Nigerian Child Online Protection Policy is a fundamental e-crime Prevention
Strategy in 21st Century as captured by ITU. Our children and young people are
our future. They need to guided and directed appropriate to exploit the limitless
advantages cyberspace offers. Universally, they are the greatest assets and users
of internet. This universal fact, coupled with Nigeria young people’s vulnerability
in cyberspace environment, made a specialized initiative such as NICOP within
the larger NCC mandate a necessity.
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To effectively actualized NICOP, there is need for technical working group that
will develop local guidelines which must capture primary interest of Children,
parent, industry, policy maker and law enforcement agencies, as well as
implementation roadmap strategy for the country.
After development of local guideline and roadmap, further Inputs and
contributions from following stakeholders must be sought for from a larger
National stakeholders gathering .
•Government agencies (Ministry of Youth/Women, NBC, NITDA etc)
•Law enforcement (Police, EFFC)
•Social services organizations (BON,Media)
•Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other Electronic Service Providers
•All Mobile/Cellular phone network providers
•National Union of Teacher organization
•National Parent organizations
•Children and young people Community ( School, Campuses)
•Child protection and relevant youth NGOs
•Professional ICT Bodies, (ATCON, ING, BON, NUJ, ITAN, CPN, ISPoN etc)
•Academic and research community
•Operators of Internet cafés and other public access providers e.g. libraries, telecentres, PC, Network
Operating Center
•Faith based groups etc.
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Thank you.
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