In a move to forestall cybersecurity risks in government-owned organisations, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has mandated all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government to implement of the DNS Security (DNSSEC) architecture. The Agency says this will form part of its cybersecurity assessment protocol. Speaking at the Cybersecurity […]
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA)
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has received the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) Annual Report from the Association’s President, Adesola Akinsanya. The presentation took place following a briefing by NiRA leadership on the Association’s yearly activities, key milestones, and ongoing efforts to […]
Nigeria has finally added a new security layer to its .ng internet domain with the deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), bringing to a close a process that first began in 2011. The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) announced it has activated DNSSEC across the .ng domain, enabling […]
The Nigerian Information Technology ecosystem converged at the Muson Centre’s Agip Hall on Thursday to celebrate a rare double milestone: the 79th birthday of industry veteran Mr. Samuel Babatunde Amamchukwu (SBA) Ezichi, and the public presentation of his landmark twin volumes, “Here ‘IT’ Is: A History of Information Technology in […]
Leading cybersecurity firm Digital Encode, alongside Artificial Intelligence (AI) company NeuRaL AI, and the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), have announced their collaboration with the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) for the upcoming NITRA ICT Growth Conference 4.0. The conference, themed “Impact of AI on National Development: Prospects, Policies, […]