Lagos unveils cybersecurity guidelines to strengthen digital safety

The Lagos State Government has unveiled a broad acceptable of cybersecurity guidelines designed to heighten integer information for businesses, nationalist institutions, and residents crossed the state.

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said the inaugural represents a important measurement successful Lagos’ ambition to found itself arsenic a smart, secure, and globally competitory integer hub.

He noted that arsenic 1 of Africa’s fastest-growing exertion ecosystems, Lagos is progressively exposed to cyber threats, necessitating stronger and much coordinated information measures.

Citing information from the National Information Technology Development Agency, Omotoso said Nigeria loses implicit $500 cardinal (about N250 billion) annually to cybercrime, emphasizing the urgency of proactive interventions.

According to him, portion the state’s modulation into a astute metropolis offers immense opportunities, it besides heightens vulnerability to integer attacks.

“The guidelines, disposable online, supply applicable and scalable recommendations for tiny businesses, ample enterprises, and Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs),” helium said.

He added that the model aligns with cardinal nationalist regulations, including the Cybercrime Act (2024), the Nigeria Data Protection Act (2023), and the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (2021).

Omotoso emphasised that the papers is not...