In clear terms, should a National IT Framework Bill not supersede the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity obsession – currently searching in the dark?

The Wired World: A graphic representation of the Internet

To home the above, do we or don’t we require and need a Cybersecurity University and a Cybersecurity Commission as sustainable platforms for responding to the mirage and infinitive Cyberspace issues?

Emerging facts from several lessons of the digital natives and always-on evolution is that we now live in a “Software-First” world and perpetually connected with complex cyber threat where everyone is at risk.

As we are all aware, at its origin, the Internet was not designed with security in mind rather it was created as a platform for research and military communications network. Today, relevant studies reveal that nobody knows the exact size of the World Wide Web, originated by Berners-Lee by inventing the HTML and HTTP Protocols.

Evidence of the above also resides in the fact that in 2011, the World Wide Web Organisation commenced on a project codenamed ‘World-wide-web Index’ to evaluate and determine the number of WebPages in existence. Currently, no one knows – setting mankind on a guessing prey and making everybody to be at risk.

Infinitive process

The evolution of man within the ‘humanity space’ is an infinitive process and unstoppable! In the same vein and thought process the Cyberspace has come to stay with mankind – incorporating Nigeria within the same space – and it’s an unstoppable bug! The Digital Natives with its always-on presence and life acts are simultaneously the raw materials and victims of the giant digital prison-factory constructed all around the world – now known as globalization.

Simply defined: Cyberspace is the ‘place between the places’ which are cumulatively viewed as the ‘unidentified space’ that allows electronic communication and content across multiple digital devices, platforms and across multiple digital pathways. This makes it possible to create, provide and deliver the illusion of instant communication better known as the Internet. This situation also helps to explain the current state, condition and crisis within the IPv4 digital addressing resources, and the intervention of – those-who-know- to patch-up the digital space/cyberspace with the IPv6 digital addressing system with a storage of 340 trillion, trillion, trillion (Sextrillion).

Just recently, we were served with the Sonny Motion Pictures Super-hack episode involving North Korea Vs Pentagon USA Hacking escapade and many more. Banks have been losing money to Cyber criminals for a long time. Truth is, ‘no one really knows how much!’ But, Phishing, Spam and Malware Statistics from CYBER SPAPE: Banks loose N159 Billion to Cyber Crime; Source: Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS PLC) ATM and e-Fraud attacks.

Most phished brands statistics include: Paypal continues to be the most phished brand around, followed now with a long distance by Facebook which continues to be quite a lot under attack. 2015 will drive e-payment forward in Nigeria, inspite of all the challenges. This online shopping culture (mobile-shopping trend) will promote the outsourcing ecosystem and yield more employment space for the economy.

Many people have started to buy games and spend more time in the social media websites, so the increase in attacking such web sites comes quite naturally. Others include: Worlds of Warcraft, Ebay, HSBC Bank, Tibia Guilds, Craigslist, Halifax, Bank of America, etc.