THE NLGFC recently organized a Cyber Security training dubbed “Ethical hacking’ to capacitate its ICT staff and those of selected Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. This followed continued cyber threats affecting the management of information and ICT equipment in Organizations.

The training was aimed at helping ICT experts build competencies required to anticipate cyber-crime, respond adequately to mitigate risks and control any damages caused due to security breaches.

This will help secure various systems (e.g. Local Council IFMS, UBR, Mthandizi MIS, Social Cash Transfer dubbed ‘Mtukula pa Khomo’ MIS) that NLGFC manages together with its partners / stakeholders.

Speaking to the participants when he graced the occasion, the Executive Director of the NLGFC, Alifeyo Banda said that Cyber security covers not only safeguarding confidentiality and privacy, but also the availability and integrity of data, both of which are vital for the quality and safety of care.

It therefore follows that Cyber-breaches are costly to institutions – in terms of expense, recovery time and also through damage to reputation.

 He therefore warned ICT experts to stay alert and invest their energies in advocating for good practices in the use and management of the limited ICT resources to avoid obvious attacks that come out of lack of knowledge by ICT users.

The training was facilitated by Mzuzu University which is an accredited EC-Council training center