The government prohibits the use of private accounts for sending official e-mails

General News of Saturday, April 6, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-04-06

The Cabinet approved the Ministry of Communications' request to migrate all public sector employees to a dedicated e-mail domain for official purposes.

This initiative aims to protect the government's critical infrastructure against cyber attacks.

Minister of Communication Ursula Owusu Ekuful revealed at the first brainstorming session of the national technical working group on cyber security in Aburi.

According to her, Ghana is among the world's top ten social media users, exposing the country to cyberattacks.

"It is unacceptable that a government official sends out an official message with the use of his private email and this is not happening anywhere in the world," she noted.

Ursula also revealed that the president had asked the ministry to implement all the regulations on cybercrime and related offenses, in order to make the digital security campaign in Ghana a success.

"We are determined to ensure the protection of critical state infrastructure, regardless of how little funding we have as an institution"

The program should be executed by the National Cybersecurity Secretariat and the Ghana Domain Registry under the supervision of the Ministry.

The technical committee on the implementation of the Budapest Convention is committed to working on time.

The two-day workshop organized by the committee will allow members to review progress on the cybersecurity bill.