Ghana Holds Bilateral Meetings With Singapore To Improve Its Cybersecurity Development.
Oct. 25, 2022, noon
The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has held bilateral discussions with her counterpart, the Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information, Mrs. Josephine Teo, on cybersecurity cooperation in Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, regulation of Cybersecurity Service Providers, capacity building and professional exchanges between officials of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and the Cyber Security Authority of Ghana.
They agreed to deepen collaboration for cybersecurity skills development and experience sharing on protecting critical information infrastructures and regulating cybersecurity services, among others.
The meeting was held on 20th October 2022 on the sidelines of the 7th Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) organized by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore. The Ag accompanied the Minister. Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority, Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako.
Mrs. Josephine Teo congratulated Ghana on its election to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)’s Council at the just-ended ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest, Romania. She expressed appreciation for Ghana’s support for the United Nations – Singapore Cybersecurity Fellowship, in which Ghana has participated.
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful invited Mrs. Josephine Teo and Mr. David Koh, Commissioner of Cybersecurity & Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, to participate in Ghana’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October 2023.
She also discussed with representatives of INTERPOL’s Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) based in Singapore. The IGCI is INTERPOL’s technology arm, responsible for technology innovation in policing and leading global cybercrime response. They discussed improving collaboration and support for Ghana’s criminal justice sector through capacity building and assisting with cybercrimes and digital forensics capabilities investigations.
As part of the events marking the SICW, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful participated in a Ministerial Roundtable on the theme “Cyber Resilience in the New Normal.” She emphasized that governments should work with industry to protect and enhance the resilience of cyberspace.
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She indicated that combating cybercrime and malicious activities in cyberspace requires a multi-stakeholder approach with the roles and responsibilities of government agencies and other collaborating partners clearly defined.
She shared Ghana’s experiences in working with relevant stakeholders through the Joint Cybersecurity Committee and the Industry Forum established under the Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038) and also highlighted the decentralized nature of Ghana’s National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) as another example of multi-stakeholder approach towards cybersecurity development.
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is the first African Minister to speak at the SICW.
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has been exchanging best practices with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore as Singapore is ranked among the top countries in the world with a robust and sustained cybersecurity ecosystem, according to the ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Index.
The 7th Singapore International Cyber Week sought to strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaboration in a rapidly evolving global cyber and digital threat landscape.
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