Cyber Security Awareness Month 2022 Launch

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) in collaboration with the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has launched the 2022 National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) aimed at promoting capacity building and awareness creation to ultimately improve cyber security as well as strengthen the country’s national cyber resilience.

Speaking on the theme: ‘Regulating Cybersecurity: A Public-Private Sector Collaborative Approach’, the Deputy Minister of MoCD, Ms. Pomaa-Boateng said the theme was adopted to reflect the heightened need for cooperation between the private sector and state actors on cybersecurity Cooperation at the domestic levels which was essential for the successful implementation of the Cyber security Act, 2020 (Act 1038).

She underscored that celebrating the NCSAM also forms part of the global efforts to raise awareness on cybercrime trends, cybersecurity issues and cyber hygiene practices as well as to dialogue and highlight the growing cybersecurity issues under specific thematic areas.

She said there were various activities that have been earmarked for the month-long celebration as part of measures to enhance the public-private sector understanding of the Cyber security law.

According to her, the celebration was again intended to provide the platform for industry players and stakeholders to make inputs into the activities currently being implemented by the CSA.

This, she said was a follow-up on the 2021 activities which focused on the role of stakeholders in the implementation of the Cyber security Act which was passed into law last year.

The Acting Director-General of CSA, Dr. Albert Antwi-Boaiako on his part emphasized the CSA’a mandate of protecting Critical Information Infrastructures (CIIs), pursuant to Sections 35 to 40 of the Cyber security Act, 2020 (Act 1038); coordinating Incident Response in both private and public sectors, pursuant to Sections 41 to 48; awareness creation on Cyber security matters, pursuant to Section 60 and other related functions of the Authority require collaboration for effective implementation. In addition, the nature of the cyberspace and associated technologies including the internet requires international collaboration for effective response to cyber security incidents.

Consequently, this year’s celebration is to highlight the need for such collaborations and encourage the needed partnerships to implement Act 1038.