Stakeholders in Ghana’s digital and cybersecurity area have converged in Accra for the Moral Hacking and Offensive Cybersecurity Convention (ETHOCON 2025) to deliberate on safeguarding the nation’s digital programs amid rising technological development.
Themed “Cyber Resilience for Ghana’s Digital Leap,” the high-level occasion is being organized by the Moral Hacking and Offensive Safety Centre (Ethosec), a cybersecurity-focused group, to debate methods for strengthening the nation’s cyber infrastructure within the face of accelerating digital transformation.
The convention introduced collectively representatives from authorities, trade, academia, civil society, main cybersecurity consultants, tech entrepreneurs, and coverage advocates.
ETHOCON 2025 featured knowledgeable panel discussions and thought management periods exploring rising threats, nationwide preparedness, digital coverage path, and the way forward for cybersecurity in Ghana.
Talking with journalists, the CEO of the Nationwide Youth Authority, Osman Ayariga, mentioned the federal government had taken cybersecurity severely because the rise of the web, putting in legal guidelines and establishments to guard Ghana’s digital area.
He defined that legal guidelines such because the Knowledge Safety Act and the Cybersecurity Act had been serving to to safe the nation’s on-line platforms.
He added that authorities had additionally established workplaces just like the Sign Bureau and supported infrastructure that ensures digital security.
In accordance with him, whereas defending our on-line world, the federal government was additionally creating alternatives for younger folks by means of tech-based packages just like the One Million coders Program, Innovation Hubs, and comfortable expertise coaching underneath the Nationwide Apprenticeship Program.
Mr. Ayariga confused that these initiatives had been a part of efforts to make sure younger Ghanaians weren’t left behind within the world digital race.
He mentioned digital literacy, coding, on-line advertising, and consciousness of dangers like cyberbullying and hacking had been now important expertise for the youth.
He additionally emphasised that President John Dramani Mahama’s imaginative and prescient for nationwide packages was inclusive, not political.
He identified that the purpose was to cut back unemployment and safety dangers by coaching Ghanaians no matter their political background.
Founding father of Ethosec and lead organizer of the convention, Ashraf Saaka, famous that whereas Ghana had made progress in constructing cybersecurity constructions, public understanding of the difficulty remained slender.
He defined that most individuals affiliate cyber threats with scams or cellular cash fraud, however in actuality, assaults on hospitals, electrical energy, and water programs might trigger extra severe nationwide issues.
Mr. Saaka urged organizations to maneuver past profit-focused pondering and make safety a prime precedence.
He highlighted the significance of methods like Zero Belief, which ensures that digital instruments are safe from the bottom up.
He urged cybersecurity professionals to always study and adapt “as a result of attackers solely have to succeed as soon as, however defenders should get it proper each time.”
By Jacob Aggrey
