By Ibrahim Ramalan
Abuja
Nigerian Army Resource Centre, in conjunction with Absolute Consultancy Services has charged Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSPN) on the new and emerging security threats and development, and how to combat them.
Speaking at a one-day summit tagged: “2017 Security Summit & Dinner/Award Night” for the ALPSPN, Director of Training and Consultancy, Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Brig. General O N Ugo said the aimed of the summit was to bring together all the private security organisations in the country to interact and exchange ideas in order to enhance security situations in the country.
He said cyber security threat is a new security threat, which should be tackled by both public and private security outfits.
“This trend makes everybody vulnerable. You can be, for instance, in Sokoto and somebody in another part of the globe can attack you by hacking into your systems to steal your money and/or vital documents,” he said.
Talking about the preparedness of the Nigerian Army to tackle the emerging cyber threat, Gen. Ugo said efforts were being made to make sure that facilities are put in place to counter the threat, saying, “We are not yet there, but it is a work in progress.”
In his remarks, ALPSPN President, Mr. Akhaimein Davidson, who was represented by the National Vice President, Mrs. Emilia Csaszar, said the association is the umbrella body that regulates the activities of all the private security providers/practitioners in the country.
“We need to understand the role we are to play as a private security providers. This seminar and security summit is an avenue where we interchange ideas, including the mindset of the
Nigerian army, and the areas where a synergistic collaboration is needed so that we can better secure our nation,” he said.
On the private security providers’ effort in contending with the emerging cyber security threats, Davidson said ALPSPN was in tune with the cyber security threats and has since been working in that direction.
He said: “Cyber security is not a new innovation, only that we in the African continent are just seeing it in our national security infrastructure. There have been several attacks in the websites of some big agencies
of government in the country, and this is not something we could take with levity.
“So the private securities are well aware of this threat, and I make bold to say that we have people that have been trained in that capacity to mitigate this ugly trend. That is why this synergistic approach is very welcome.”
