TINAPA 2013

Broadband: Building Future Skills for

National Security and Business Continuity

Kayode Yussuf

Protocols

Table of Contents

Why do we need to build Cybersecurity skills?

How do we build these skills?

Who are the players involved in building these skills?

Cybersecurity careers and skills

Why do we need to build Cybersecurity skills?

Courtesy: Cisco Systems

Why do we need to build Cybersecurity skills?

How do we build future skills?

Government

Individuals

Professional Associations

Private SectorX

Find X?

• Improving Education• Legislation• Mass enlightenment • Law enforcement • Judiciary• Policies (insurance, lawyers, education)• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Role of Government is to build the Cybersecurity Ecosystem by:

• Improve Education (Creative Commons licensing)

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

Roles of Government

Roles of Government (Cont’d)

• Legislation

• Law enforcement Roles of Government (Cont’d)

• Judiciary

Roles of Government (Cont’d)

• Policies (insurance, lawyers, education)

• Mass enlightenment

‘Security is everybody’s business’

Roles of Government (Cont’d)

• Support building of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Roles of Government (Cont’d)

Role of Professional Associations (ISPON, NIRA, ATCON, CPN, NCS etc)

• Serve as lobbyists for the National Cybersecurity Bill

• Organize Competitions

• Mentor young professionals

• Research and Development

• Facilitate PPP

• Encourage local content software development

• Mass enlightenment

• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Role of Industry

• Train staff

• Design Security Policies

• Sponsor Research and Development

• Mentor young professionals

• Have security policies for their organizations

• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Roles of Individual

• Be conscious• Learn

Careers• Incident and Threat Managers • Forensics Experts• Security auditors • Risk Analysts and Managers• Policy Makers and Strategists• Operations and Security Management• Cybersecurity Education, Training and Awareness• Security Research• Child Online Protection Counselors • Cyber-risk insurance experts• Lawyers specializing in Internet crime & data protection

Skills that can be built

• Information Security Crime Investigator• Forensics Expert• Web Penetration Tester• Application Penetration Tester• Incident Responder• Malware Analyst• Network Security Engineer• Security Operations Center Analyst• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Analyst

‘Little drops of water…… makes a mighty ocean

Thank you for listening

Kayode Yussuf08029730059Kayusyussuf@yahoo.com