As a mean of encouraging the Government of Liberia (GOL), the Deputy Minister for Technical Service, Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MOPT), Prosper Browne, has asserted that Liberia must put itself in a position to take care of the vulnerability of its cyber space.
Speaking during the second day of the workshop organized by ECOWAS, with support from the EU through its project implementing arm, Organized Crime West African Response on Cyber Security (OCWAR-C), Deputy Minister Browne cautioned participants to address issues causing insecurity in Liberia’s cyber space.
The Technical Deputy Minister stated that questions need to be answered on how Liberia can protect its cyber space. He told participants to quiz the experts who have come with the ECOWAS delegation for the provision of clarity on cyber security.
“These are serious-minded boggling questions that do not need to be ignored,” he added.
Encouraging the participants, he said, because Liberia’s cyber space is vulnerable, there is a great need to work collectively to make it better.
Browne questioned participants if they ever wonder, prior to coming to the workshop, what cyber security is all about. “But think about this…For example, you wake up one morning and the only source of water supply to the citizens’ infrastructure was damaged by unknown men, or there is a potential threat posed to the infrastructure. What will you do?”
In continuation of his encouragement, he said, “The protection of our cyber space requires the involvement of everyone in creating citizens awareness, forging partnership with the private sector, creating a national cyber security framework which guides our approach as a people to manage and reduce risk.”
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister Browne has expressed appreciation to the ECOWAS delegation OCWAR-C team for inspiring technology actors who participated in the workshop.
Also speaking at the program was the Project Manager at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication, D. Nalon Kaine, who praised the OCWAR–C team in the country for assisting to create the role leading to the establishment of a National Computer Security Incident Respond Team (CSIRT). Kaine also drilled participants on Liberia’s cyber security drive.