NCC moves to end cyber crimes

Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday said it was
stepping up its fight against cyber crimes in the country.

The commission said many people have lost their lives, monies,
personal identity and privacies through cybercrime which gave rise
to its decision to stem the tide.

Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau of the commission, Mrs.
Felicia Onwuegbuchulam disclosed this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state
capital during 105th edition of the consumer outreach programme of
the commission with the theme “Mitigating Effects of Cybercrimes:
The Role of Telecom Consumers”.

She explained that the commission was partnering with security
agents, National Security Adviser and other relevant stakeholders
to tackle the menace.

Onwuegbuchulam said “cybercrime gives big concern to the
commission. People lose their money, people their personal
identity, people lose their privacies and on the process, they are
either duped or even harmed or killed.

“The war against cybercrime may not have been won but we are
doing everything humanly possible to stem the tide, it is an
ongoing thing. As they are coming up, you are dressing them and new
ones are coming up.

“The greatest achievement in this fight is empowering the
consumers to understand that these problems exist, what they are,
what they supposed to do, how they can mitigate it when it occurs.
We are putting in place technology that will also address the issue
on the technical side.

“So, we are looking at this issue from the technical aspect,
looking at it from the regulatory aspect and looking at it from the
consumer perspective so that collectively all of us will tackle
this menace”.

On his part, Deputy Director Consumer Affairs Bureau of the
commission, Alhaji Ismail Adedigba said the commission has
initiated a process to establish an Internet Industry Code of
Practice for internet providers in the country as a result of an
unprecedented increase in the usage of Internet-based solutions and
services.

“the Internet Code is a regulatory intervention expected to
secure the country’s cyberspace against imminent threats from cyber
attackers as well as addressing issues such as online child
protection, privacy and data protection among others”, he said.

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