The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria has partnered DigitalSENSE Africa Media on the national cybersecurity awareness campaign, tagged: Stop, Think, Connect.
This came with the unveiling of the campaign at the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series on Friday.
The unveiling was part of the two-day NDSF 2016, which was graced by the National President of CSEAN, Remi Afon.
Afon, who led dignitaries at the forum to the unveiling, told participants that CSEAN is a non-profit organisation made up of information security professionals championing awareness on best practices and acting as an agent of change to address cybercrime phenomena through engaging intellectual minds, business and political leaders.
Afon also told participants at the Day-2 of NDSF 2016, which was used to host the Nigeria Internet Protocol version Six Roundtable, that with the kind of fast internet expected with IPv6 evolution, the unveiling of Stop, Think, Connect, is very apt.
He explained that the Stop-Think-Connect campaign’s overarching goal is to help internet users understand not only the risks that come with using the Internet, but also the importance of practicing safe online behaviour.
Pointing out that CSEAN is a global partner of Stop-Think-Connect and aims to roll out the campaign in all nook and corners of Nigeria, Afon said his team has started rolling out the campaign in tertiary institutions and secondary schools.
Commending the management of DigitalSENSE Africa, the organisers of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable for partnering CSEAN on this campaign, Afon outlined some of the key concerns to include issues affecting every internet user, including cyberbullying.
He said: “Cyberbullying is bullying that happens online.
“It can happen in an email, a text message, an online game or on a social networking site.
“It might involve rumours or images posted on someone’s profile or passed around for other people to see.”
The CSEAN president also advised participants to be wary of bullying, asserting: “Don’t stand for bullying — online or off.
“Treat others the way you want to be treated — whether you’re interacting with them online, on your phone or in person.”
Further, Afon urged participants, made up of youths and students, to always speak up, mostly when they see something inappropriate on a social networking site or in a game or chat room.
He said it was important to let the website know and tell an adult “you trust” by using ‘Report Abuse’ links, which could help keep sites fun for everyone.
On his part, the Lead Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa, Remmy Nweke, said the partnership is meant to further stimulate the vision of DigitalSENSE group to stimulate consciousness on the public, especially in Nigeria and among the youths and students, on the positive use of the Internet rather than the notorious “yahoo, yahoo syndrome”.
This, Nweke said, would in addition help in discovering future ethical information security professionals by catching them young for a better Internet eco-system from this part of the world.
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