Public Sector Workers To Be Banned From Using Private Emails For Government Work In 2023
Nov. 4, 2022, 12:23 p.m.
The government will ban Ghana public sector workers from using their private emails for official government work from next year.
Minister of Communication and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful announced at a Breakfast meeting organized to sensitize Public Chief Executives on leveraging on government’s digitalization drive.
The Minister stated that there would be an official platform for government emails overseen by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).
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Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said the new policy would ensure the continuity of state information and mitigate instances of exposing state information to cyberattacks.
“In other countries, you could lose your job for not using your official email because it compromises the security of the entire system. It destroys institutional memory. It makes government information available everywhere in the world.”
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said this policy would ensure the continuity of state information and mitigate instances of exposing state information to cyberattacks.
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