{"id":150822,"date":"2015-09-12T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T11:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=150822"},"modified":"2015-09-11T20:44:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T20:44:02","slug":"ghana-sets-up-computer-emergency-response-team-to-fight-cyber-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=150822","title":{"rendered":"Computer Emergency response team established to fight cyber crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Edward Omane Boamah , Ghana\u2019s Information minister has revealed that the government of Ghana has setup a national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to address all cyber security related crimes and problems in the country.<\/p>\n

The team will also work to \u00a0halt internet fraud (Sakawa) and stop the abuse of children online \u00a0in Ghana.<\/p>\n

The minister made this known At Wallembel in the Sissala East District of the Upper West region where he commissioned an enhanced Community Information Center (eICT).<\/p>\n

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\u201cGovernment is increasingly becoming concerned about the numerous challenges that come with ICT. We are aware ICT comes with immense impacts which are transforming our economy. However , it has some adverse effects which if not properly handled, could be disastrous for the entire community, Ghana and the world at large. This is why we have set up the Computer Emergency Response Team,\u201d the minister noted.<\/p>\n

Dr. Boamah who had earlier commissioned similar eICT centers at Lassie Tuolu in the Wa West District and in Nandom, all in the Upper West region said \u201cthe Mahama led government is committed to training critical human resource through ICT to propel the country in its development agenda hence, the need to adopt pragmatic strategies that will lessen the challenges that come with it\u201d.<\/p>\n

He explained that the completion of the three facilities brings the number of eICT to 21 which were constructed by the Mahama-led administration within the past one year, adding \u201cbeyond the completion of the 21, the ministry of communication has deployed 4th<\/sup> Generation Networks across the country to enhance effective communication among MDAs.\u201d<\/p>\n

A National Data Center according to the minister is also under construction to provide a single shared computing and storage platform for all MDAs and the private sector.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Omane Boamah further disclosed that government is constructing an GH\u00a28 million Business Outsourcing Center near the Kwame Nkrumah interchange which will create over 10,000 jobs for the youth in Ghana.<\/p>\n

He advised Ghanaians to take advantage of the various opportunities afforded them to improve their living conditions.<\/p>\n

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By: Mahama Latif\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Edward Omane Boamah , Ghana\u2019s Information minister has revealed that the government of Ghana has setup a national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to address all cyber security related crimes and problems in the country. The team will also work to \u00a0halt internet fraud (Sakawa) and stop the abuse of children online \u00a0in Ghana. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":150824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18,17],"class_list":["post-150822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}