Emma Okonji
Following the increasing rate of cyber security threats to businesses in West Africa, Nigeria inclusive, cyber security experts from across West African countries, who attended the ESET Security Day 2021 conference, which held in Lagos recently, have called for strict adherence to cyber security measures that will address the challenge.
Recently, enterprises are facing increasing cyber security threats, which call for improved security tools that can be smoothly integrated into increasingly complex and diverse networks and critical infrastructure.
The experts were of the view that to further address the challenge in a comprehensive manner, businesses must deploy Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to ensure their entire platform is secured.
Speakers at the conference called on both the government and the private sector operators to always secure the third-party data in their possession and comply with data protection regulations.
Managing Director, ESET West Africa (Anglophone countries), Mr. Olufemi Ake, said the conference, which started since 2011, aimed to educate subscribers and partners in West Africa on most issues…
