Africa-Press – Senegal. Papa Guèye, police commissioner specializing in cybersecurity, pleaded Thursday in Dakar for a “significant investment” in research, innovation and creation, in order to have response and data protection tools to protect against the risks of cybercrime.
‘’On ne peut pas prendre en compte les questions de cybersécurité sans investir dans la recherche, l’innovation et la création. La lutte contre les cyberattaques nécessite une maîtrise de l’information et de la technologie’’, a-t-il-déclaré lors de la semaine du numérique, à l’occasion de laquelle il a pris part jeudi à un panel axé sur la cybersécurité.
Il a magnifié la politique de lutte contre la cybersécurité mise en place par le gouvernement du Sénégal.
Il n’en préconise pas moins pour davantage d’investissements dans la recherche et la création pour disposer d’outils de réponse et de protection des données mais également pour encourager les projets innovants, à l’image du prix du chef de l’Etat pour l’innovation remporté par la startup ‘’Caytu’’.
« We must encourage creation, start-ups and young people by making them aware of the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies. We must invest in the purchase of equipment and work on the capacity building of human resources, » he said.
Papa Guèye also invites net users to exercise caution, advocating a return to the sources and values of Senegalese society to avoid digital abuses.
“We need to raise awareness and return to values. Society must know that the Internet is not a closed space. Everything that is done there can end up in the street and when we do research on the net, we leave traces. So, we have to go back to the fundamentals of Senegalese society, » he advised.
The specialist specifies that this awareness should not be limited to schools, but go beyond this space to reach all layers of society.
The experts who moderated the panel on cybersecurity recommend that workers in public or private organizations avoid certain sites, in particular “pornographic” sites which can facilitate access to personal or corporate data.
They invite the States to work in the protection of the data of the institutions by giving substantial means to computer scientists and logicians (specialists in computer logic).
They also recommend more awareness within companies, believing that this is an essential lever in the fight against cyberattacks.
“Public or private companies should organize information sharing sessions with staff on cybersecurity, as this involves the life and safety of the company and the workers,” they recommended.
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