The event, which is scheduled for October 6 and 7 in Lagos would be held both physically and virtually. CSEAN President, Remi Afon, said the cyber-secure Nigeria conference has become a yearly event but that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was low-keyed and virtual in 2020.
Afon stressed that the Nigerian judicial system must also build capacity to ensure diligence. On the planned conference, he said the two-day event will attract the best in the cybersecurity industry globally and feature-rich cybersecurity content of informative and educational value. He said ransomware damages are envisaged to cost the world $20 billion by 2021, which is unprecedented as it is 57 more times than what it was in 2015, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.