Author: ITPulse

The first Cyber Security Myth is that many business owners still believe that all cyber attacks are targeted. This means that unless they’re specifically selected as the prey of a hacking attack, they won’t fall victim. It is not uncommon to see businesses that believe they will not be in the sights of cybercriminals, so aren’t at risk from suffering the negative effects of a cyber-attack. You may even be one of such people with this belief, but if you ask the Western business leaders that were hit by NotPetya in 2017, they would definitely have stories to tell…

  The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Funke Opeke, has urged businesses in Nigeria to work towards adopting new technologies that will get the country connected, stressing that a connected Nigeria is a prosperous Nigeria. Opeke,who spoke at MainOne’s annual tech conference, Nerds Unite, which held recently in Lagos with the theme ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation,’ believes that adopting new technologies is the surest ways to avoid falling behind the rest of the world in technological advancement. “A connected Nigeria is a more economically prosperous Nigeria. It is a better educated Nigeria. It is a Nigeria where access to social services and…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) are strengthening its existing collaboration to further explore identity management in Nigeria. The was the centre of discussion yesterday, when the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Coordinator of the National Identity Management Commission, Ndi Awan, paid a familiazation visit to the telecom regulator. The visit, according to a Facebook post by NCC, is to explore ways of deepening the existing collaboration between NIMC and NCC in the area of identity management in Nigeria. Ndi Awan, who represented the Director General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, was received at…

  Nigeria’s opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) has deployed Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) system, which it said will be used to checkmate the 2019 election processes, especially in areas where the results are highly contested. The PVT system, according to Mr. Osita Chidoka, the party’s campaign spokesperson and chairman of the Strategy Committee of the PDP Presidential Campaign, is scientifically proven, best practice technique, to hold election authorities accountable, particularly when there is a lack of trust. .” “The PVT is a tool that will assure that PDP partisans accept the results of the election, and that the country remains…

  Experts at Kaspersky Lab have detected a sharp increase in phishing activities from criminals offering users various romantic goods on the eve of St. Valentine’s Day. In an email message released earlier today, the cybersecurity company disclosed that the total number of user attempts to visit fraudulent websites with a romantic theme that were detected and blocked during the first half of February more than doubled compared to the same time in 2018. “This is a reminder that fraudsters are always looking for an excuse to steal users’ data and money,” Kaspersky Lab’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise…

In line with the Programos Foundation’s #ReInnovateNigeria Initiative pilot process on UN ICT4SIDS, its President and World Summit Awards Eminent National Expert for Nigeria, Mr Amos Emmanuel, announces the flagging off of the preliminary WSA National Innovation product submission from the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The application is  free! Submitted products that qualify in any of the following 8 economic sectors and already offering high social innovation benefits to the Nigerian society using competitive technologies of AI, ML, Blockchain, Natural language processing, Computer Vision, Virtual Reality etc will be selected and recommended as submissions from Nigeria into the UN…

The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has raised alarm that the Federal Government has perfected plans to jam telecoms networks on Saturday and Sunday during the elections in Nigeria. Fayose, one of the leaders of the opposition People Democratic Party raised the alarm via his Twitter handle @GovAyoFayose. He said the jamming of telecoms networks will start from 5am on Saturday till 5pm on Sunday. Thus, making it impossible for the use of Internet and phone calls during the elections. He also disclosed that the equipment for the sinister plot was imported from Isreal and…

  The Consulate General of the United States of America in Nigeria, Mr. John Bray has challenged girls in Nigeria to be more involved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics-related fields in higher education. This, Bray believes will help the girls who are sometimes shy away from these related fields to be more innovative and come up with solution that are capable of solving societal challenges. “You must be confident in your intelligence and demonstrate the determination and drive to succeed in any career path that you choose. Challenge yourselves, learn more about successful women in STEM fields, and draw…

  In a bid to offer converged broadband services to its clients, connectivity and data centre services provider, MainOne has announced a strategic partnership with Avanti, provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The announcement, which was made on Friday at Nerds Unite, an annual IT conference hosted by MainOne, noted the partnership will improve broadband penetration across Nigeria by providing the latest KA-band based satellite communication services to enterprises located in remote areas of the country. According to MainOne’s Chief Executive Officer, Funke Opeke, the partnership with Avanti provides Nigeria the opportunity to…

  The African IXP Association, a group of Internet exchange point operators from across Africa said it is targeting 80 percent localization of Internet traffic by 2020 in Africa. “Our target is to localize 80% of Africa’s Internet traffic by 2020, and I believe we’re well on our way,” said Kyle Spencer, Co-Coordinator of the African IXP Association in a statement the group released in preparation for this year’s Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum, holding Mauritius later this year. The African IXP Association based its projection on Packet Clearing House’s reports that Africa currently sees the highest growth of domestic…