Nigerian Army Gets A New University
The Nigerian government has approved the establishment of a new university for the Nigerian military. Biu(Borno State)-based Institute of Technology and Environmental Studies will be upgraded to a full-fledged University of Technology and Environmental Studies. This new school will be largely run under the control of the Nigerian Army.
General Tukur Buratai, use this technical university to structure a military cybersecurity and cyberwarfare command (NGCYBERCOM) with capabilities to secure Nigerian cyberspace. Most future wars would likely be fought in the cyberspace. We need cyber-defense capabilities with the fierce urgency of now. Here, I share a proposal how to make that happen.
In today’s videocast. I make a case why Nigeria needs a military cybersecurity and cyberwarfare command (NGCYBERCOM). It will be a unit that drives our military strategy of proactive cyber defense and the use of cyberwarfare as a platform for attack where necessary. It will provide tools as the nation sees the global use of computers and the Internet to conduct warfare in cyberspace as a threat to national security. Globally, Cyberspace technology is emerging as an “instrument of power” in societies, and is becoming more available to a country’s opponents, who may use it to attack, degrade, and disrupt communications and the flow of information. With low barriers to entry, coupled with the anonymous nature of activities in cyberspace, the list of potential adversaries is broad. Nigeria needs to defend its largest state, the Internet, which has more Nigerians in population than either of Lagos or Kano. NYCYBERCOM will do it.
