This year’s edition will hold at Ace Olivia Hall, City Mall, Opposite Muson Centre, in May 2019. It is expected to be better than the last edition, in terms of participation, speakers, exhibitors and other activities.
Being its third edition, the event has attracted top industry professionals including CIOs, CTOs, CSOs, and senior management officers from key industries including Finance, Energy, Telecoms, Government, Education and IT. Lead Convener of NaijaSecCon, Mr Rotimi Akinyele, said that “a global survey carried out by IBM puts an average cost of a data breach at $3.86 million, 6.4% up from 2017. The average cost, globally, for each loss of stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information is also up from last year, landing at $148 per record- a 4.8% increase from 2017. Nigeria appears to be one of the most hit with cyber fraud within the African space, having reported about N5.
Akinyele added that with the introduction of regulations such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Cyber Security Framework and the EU General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR coming to raise the importance of security among Nigerian companies, the event is expected to attract over 500 guests. “This year’s event will showcase a mixture of both technical and governance aspect of information security whilst providing access to enthusiasts on how and where to get started within the cyber security space”, he said. Speakers for this event includes industry experts like Bharat Soni – GTBank’s CISO, Osioke Ojior – NIBSS CRO, Harrison Nnaji – First Bank’s CISO, Ikenna Onyebuchi – Lead, Cyber Intelligence Center, Deloitte etc.