Electronic Crime is notoriously difficult to detect and punish because of its sheer technical complexity, and because unseen attackers can strike victims from hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
Electronic Crime is becoming the most common form of economic crime targetting organizations, and Ghana is identified as a major hub for this emerging phenomenon according to the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) Report in 2010 on Globalisation of Crimes and the Internet Fraud Report of 2010 by the Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3). Despite these developments, awareness by employees of corporate organisations on issues of cyber security is far below the minimum threshold, and businesses lag behind in the implementation of proactive information security measures to detect and prevent electronic crime.
E-Crime Bureau in partnership with Business & Financial Times is organising a 3-day hands-on training workshop that will introduce participants to the emerging cyber security risks confronting corporate institutions in Ghana and let participants explore appropriate counter-measures through practical sessions.
Due to the nature of cyber crime and its ability to evolve with technology, new threats are emerging with an alarming degree of regularity; and simply maintaining a better appreciation of the risks organisations face could have a significant effect on your ability to respond to them if the need arises.
According to Mr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the Founder & Principal Consultant of e-Crime Bureau, ?Scores of businesses may be confident that their existing IT security precautions will provide them with sufficient protection from all significant online security threats. But every year thousands of businesses still fall victim to cybercrime, despite having such precautions in place. The training will emphasise both the technical and the human risk factors involved in electronic crimes and how organisations can mitigate the risks.
?Offences range from attacks on computer networks, phishing, e-mail fraud and the use of keyloggers to steal confidential data to the use of cyberspace to facilitate traditional crimes such as forgery, sabotage, counterfeiting of business documents and identity theft,? he added.
?It is worth stating that the Internet is a reasonably safe place as long as people take ?sensible precautions?, but it can however be a source of criminal activity where a computer or computer network is the source, tool, target, or place of a crime. Despite the inevitable references to ?computers? or ?online activity?, cybercrime nevertheless encompasses a whole raft of ?traditional? crimes — such as fraud, theft, blackmail, forgery and embezzlement. Companies must therefore seize this opportunity to train their staff in this area to prevent huge losses,? said Mrs. Edith Dankwa, Chief Executive Officer of Business & Financial Times.
Topics for the training programme include: Understanding/Awareness of electronic crime in the Business Environment; Emerging crimeware in the corporate sector & countermeasures; Introduction to hacking techniques/social engineering & countermeasures; e-mail security/e-mail fraud & countermeasures; Insider threats & countermeasures; e-crime risk management; cyber surveillance & digital tracking; cyber security best practices and many more.
This training workshop will take place from Wednesday November 20th to Friday November 22, 2013 at the MJ Grand Hotel from 8:30am to 4:30pm daily.
