Vice-Chancellor of the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Olufemi Peters, has said that despite the university鈥檚 known track record in the deployment of technology for its educational delivery, emerging techniques against cybersecurity would be embedded to protect students.
Peters stated this at the university鈥檚聽headquarters in Abuja,聽where it聽played host to the Nigerian Computer Society聽(NCS),聽who,聽in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS),聽held聽a 2-day聽Cybersecurity Forum and Workshop 2.0.
The聽workshop聽was聽held聽between聽8聽–聽10 June,聽2022, where聽stakeholders聽re-emphasised the need for internet users聽in Nigeria聽to be security conscious when online.
Speaking at the workshop, Peters said the university has always been a keen supporter of technological endeavours,聽especially as聽it聽pertains to education, saying聽that the university was one of the few universities that spearheaded the use of technology long before the advent of聽Covid-19 pandemic.
He said the university聽will always be willing to support any technological efforts that propel education to the next level, adding聽NOUN聽as an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) university,聽the school has always integrated technology in its operations.
The VC told participants that the聽workshop was important to the university聽as聽it could learn new techniques聽that will help to聽protect and sensitize聽NOUN聽students and staff on the importance of internet safety.
Peters also commended the NCS for always being at the聽forefront of promoting the adoption of technology with their workshops,聽commending the society for coming up with this year鈥檚聽theme,聽which sought to create awareness around online safety.
President of the Nigerian Computer Society,聽Prof.聽Adesina Sodiya,聽thanked聽the聽university for always being great supporters and gracious host of the聽society.
The president said聽the timing of the workshop was聽well apt as聽cybersecurity needed to be taken seriously not only for younger users but for more experienced users as the internet gives a false sense of security that even the most experienced user might miss.
Sodiya added that聽the workshop was set to enlighten people on the dangers of the internet and聽red flags to look out for as聽many people get drawn into a false sense of safety online giving out private information that might likely be used for malicious purposes.
The聽Deputy聽President of the聽society,聽Dr.聽Mohammed Sirajo Aliyu,聽thanked NOUN聽and the Vice-Chancellor聽for always accommodating them, which illustrates that the university takes the聽workshop聽seriously.