FOGET on Cyber Security

The statement pointed out that most of the websites owned by government ministries, departments and agencies have no form of security except for making them vulnerable and at the mercy of hackers.

FOGET however singled out the Social Security and national Insurance Trust, SSNIT; Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA; Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs as some of the few state institutions that have fully secured their websites.

In commending them, the statement praised them for being up to scratch with their websites considering the sensitive data that they capture and work with. These state departments handle a lot of very sensitive data that affects all aspects of Ghana’s socio-economic life including pension funds, tax and the overall finance of the country hence they must be the leaders in data security and therefore praised them for their security consciousness president of FOGET Mr. Prosper Afetsi said in the statement.

‘Even the banks cannot be exonerated when it comes to website security as the over 20 banks in the country are not beyond the hackers as the majority do not have secured websites, the most vulnerable are the various NGOs operating in Ghana.