Cyber Security Paramount In Digital Era
Monday, October 26, 2020
PARTNERS: Cecil Masiga, Director of Policy Development in the Ministry of Transport and Communications with Jan Sadek at BIGF
Delegates at the inaugural Botswana Internet Government Forum (BIGF) held on Thursday in Gaborone noted the importance of the new Act to national cyber security. The Forum was held under the theme “Internet for Development and Unity”.
From all the debates shared at the event, cyber security was the most stressed theme with emphasis being put on creation of infrastructure, policies and the sensitisation of the general public in order to create a society that is vigilant with their use of the internet.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...