Association Wants NASS To Pass Cyber Security Bill

The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), on Tuesday in Abuja urged the National Assembly to, as a matter of urgency, pass into law the Cyber Security Bill.

Mr. Yunusa Ikani, the president of the Association, Abuja Chapter, made the call at a seminar on “Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCIDSS) Cyber Space Security Complementary Concepts”.

He said the passage of the bill into law would go a long way in sanitising the country’s economic operating environment and create job opportunities for the youth.

Ikani said that both the cyber security bill and the National Payment System bill, which was being sponsored by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), were key components in developing the country’s economy.

“This is in view of the fact that Nigeria is vigorously implementing a key component of the Financial Systems Strategy as contained in the Vision 2020 for a cashless Nigeria.

“The world has come to the realization of the importance of cyber security, thus, the on-going comprehensive survey on cybercrime by the United Nations and the adoption of member countries by 2013”

According to the president, the event is a continuation of efforts made by the Association on issues bothering on information systems, risk, security, control and assurance services both on the international and local scene.

Ikani said the Association would ensure the security of e-payment in Nigeria by x-raying the key standards required for the actualisation of these security goals.

“This event is one of the many educative programmes of the chapter that is aimed at sensitising critical stakeholders and the general public to be on our feet in achieving these goals.

“We must work comprehensively if laudable initiatives like cashless Nigeria and other information and communication technology must deliver envisaged goodies to Nigeria and Nigerians:

Ikani emphasised that the global insecurity being witnessed in the country does not only affect the physical world but also the virtual world.

He said it included the cyberspace and noted that adequate security measures should be put in place.

He said that by protecting the cyberspace, it would help to put an end to the ugly trend in cybercrimes, which were getting increasingly borderless and extremely important.