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Cybersecurity Training: Persons with Disabilities salute ANTIC for inclusion

By Shey Godbless  Persons living with Disabilities (PWDs) who attended the three day capacity building seminar for Regional and Divisional Delegates as well as personnel of state agencies in the North West Region recently organised by the National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) have described the seminar as successful while expressing the wish for more.  The PWDs have noted that it was not just the inclusive nature of the seminar that made them happy, but also the outcome per their positions in society which is often neglected by many seminar organizers in the country.   According to Ngum Veronica who is a leader of a group of women living with disabilities, the three days were life transforming for people living with disabilities as far as the subject matter was concerned. She indicated that people living with disabilities had enormous challenges in accessing the internet and generally the digital world based on the diversification of their d

Cybercrime: ANTIC on offensive in North West as armed conflict sparks increase

By Bakah Derick  The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) is back in the North West region for the second time in less than 10 months for what can arguably be described as an offensive against cybercrime. For three days from Wednesday 22 June 2022, ANTIC authorities and their team of experts will be sharing knowledge with state personnel from regional and divisional delegations as well as related state agencies in an effort to combat rising cybercrime in the region.  ANTIC General Manager, Prof Ebot Ebot Enaw  Talking to www.hilltopvoices.com on the sidelines of the ongoing seminar, the regional branch manager for ANTIC, Ngwang Yufenyuy Landry admitted that cybercrime in the North West was on the rise adding that there was need for something to be done reason why his institution started with the capacity building seminars.    North West Regional Branch Manager,  Ngwang Yufenyuy Landry  "From the studies we did prior to the

Cybersecurity: ANTIC begins training of state Institutions in the North West

By Bakah Derick  The agency charged with the monitoring and promotion of government's actions in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has begun a three day capacity building seminar on cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime for agencies, regional and divisional delegations of the North West region. Participants at the seminar listening to the opening remarks of the General Manager represented by the North West Branch Manager Ngwang Landry  The seminar which opened this Wednesday 22 June 2022 in Bamenda according to the General Manager of the National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) Prof Ebot Ebot Enaw is intended to "enlighten personel of devolved government services on the legal and technical aspects of cybersecurity as well as the best practices to be adopted in the cyberspace."  Speaking during the opening,  the North West Branch Manager Ngwang Landry on behalf of the General Manage

Cybersecurity: ANTIC trains NW teachers in the face of surging Cybercrime

By Bakah Derick  The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) has ended a three-day training seminar in Bamenda. The seminar for Secondary Schools and University Teachers that took place from October 27-29 2021, focused on the theme "teachers, vectors of cybersecurity best practices for an enlightened youth. Participants at the Bamenda seminar  For three days, the teachers mostly of ICT reflected on several modules with them aim of finding a solution to the surging of Cybercrime in schools across the region. Talking to Hilltopvoices after day one of the seminar, Ngwang Roland Yuven North-West Regional delegate for Secondary education admitted that the ANTIC training was timely as many students and youths in the region are now engaging in Cybercrime.  "It is a problem that is real amongst our youth and students are not left out. We have been able to identify areas where they are getting involve which are not good. You find some of them

Securing National Cyberspace: ANTIC recounts landmark achievements including closure of over 3300 fake Facebook accounts

By Bakah Derick The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) has presented what can be considered landmark achievements in the institution's mission of securing the national cyberspace. While speaking at the opening of a three-day serminar on cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime for secondary school and university teachers in the North-West (NW) Region, Ngwang Yufenyuy Landry, ANTIC Regional Branch Manager for the NW presented several activities aimed at combating personal data and privacy related cybercrimes.  Ngwang Yufenyuy Landry, North-West Regional Manager ANTIC  According to the  Manager, "approximately 68 000 vulnerabilities inherent in the information systems of audited organisations have been identified and recommendations formulated to correct them before they get exploited by cybercriminals."  With over 4200 fake Facebook accounts used to scam uninformed citizens identified since 2019, Ngwang Landry told the

Cybersecurity: ANTIC cautions NW teachers, ICT users on phishing, Identity theft, Fake news, others

By Bakah Derick  The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) has cautioned teachers and ICT users in the North West Region on the need to remain vigilant about common cyber threats facing them.  Speaking in Bamenda on Wednesday 27 October 2021, during the oepning of a three-day training seminar on cybersecurity and the fight against Cybercrime for Secondary School and University Teachers in the North-West Region, Ngwang Yufenyuy Landry, North West Regional Branch Manager for  ANTIC pointed phishing, Identity theft, Data Breach, Ransomware, Fake News as the most common threats around the cyberspace.  Phishing which he explained as "attacks leverage social engineering by exploiting human emotion to trick victims into giving up sensitive information such as home and email addresses, passwords or credit card details."  Unlike Identity theft which occurs when someone uses your personal identifying information like email addre

Cybersecurity: ANTIC takes anti cybercrime message to college, university teachers in North West

By Bakah Derick  The National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) shall assemble Secondary School And University teachers from across the North-West Region in Bamenda for a three-day seminar on "Cybersecurity and the fight against Cybercrime." The seminar to run from the 27-29 October 2021 is taking place under the theme "teachers, vectors of cybersecurty best practices for an enlightened youth."  Prof. Ebot Ebot Enaw, General Manager ANTIC  According to the General Manager of ANTIC Prof. Ebot Ebot Enaw the seminar will "equip teachers and lecturers with skills needed to integrate cybersecurity in ICT courses, in a bid to educate youths -principal users of ICTs, on the dangers inherent in the usage of these new technologies."  The seminar will feature several modules amongst them general concepts on cybercrime, legal framework and human rights, privacy and data protection, digital forensics and cybercrime, ICTs for edu