BEVERLY HILLS, November 04, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has been charged to put in place central control mechanism for data protection in the country.
Industry stakeholders made the call in Kano Wednesday at a stakeholders `meeting on Internet Governance’ organised by Nigeria Internet Governance Forum for players in the sector from North-West Nigeria.
They said the protection has become imperative as corporate and personal data have become one of the most sought after in the world today.
Giving the threat to data and privacy in the country, President of Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Sunday Folayan, who delivered a lead paper, entitled ‘Securing Data and Privacy on Net,’ observed that personal data generated from Driver`s Licence, National Identity Card Registration, International Passport, and the latest BVN, need to be centrally protected.
“The evolution of data has brought about several challenges, and because of it importance it can be attacked. The threat and vulnerability of the data is growing on a daily basis that is why we as a nation must device a central way of protecting it,” he said.
