Indeed, the move according to the standards body is apt to
guard against cyber security threats, while also improving the human capacity
development in the IT space.
Salim gave the assurance during a recent validation exercise
for the ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems Course organised by
the SON Training Services (STS) Directorate, which took place at its Corporate
Headquarters in Abuja and its Operational Headquarters in Lagos respectively.
He noted that SON is committed to sanitising the IT industry
through training and the implementation of the International Organisation for
Standardisation’s (ISO) Standards.
The Director General, who was represented by the Director
Training Services Engr. Timothy Abner revealed that the validation of the ISO
27001 ISMS course is part of the organisation’s effort to guarantee confidence
in its ability to offer full training and certification packages to the
Nigerian IT Industry.
According to Salim, the validation course would amongst
others provide the organisation with a holistic and strategic training package,
when deployed would address standardisation and regulatory deficits in the
Information Technology sector, in a bid to boost reliability and efficiency in
the sector of the nation’s economy especially through the regulatory agencies
and the professional bodies.
The SON boss indicated further that the training will also
ensure that SON can commence offering ISO 27001 Information Security Management
Systems Courses for institutions and businesses that wish to secure their
information away from hackers and other cybersecurity threats.
Salim was quoted as saying, “The training will also increase
SON’s pool of qualified auditors in pursuant of the execution of the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) between SON and the National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA), the nation’s foremost supervisory body for
Information Technology.”
“At the end of the capacity building training, it is
expected that the training package developed will be implemented successfully
in the training. SON has scheduled for staff of the Nigerian Communications
Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) to be facilitated by the SON Training Services
(STS) Directorate in the coming week,” he said.
To further achieve these objectives, the SON trainees who
participated in the validation were drawn from the Policy, Research and
Statistics (PRS) Directorate, and the Information Technology Departments of
SON.
The SON Training Services Directorate also within this
period of the validation exercise for ISO 27001, announced the release of the
year 2022 training programmes and the commencement of the circulation of
enrolment forms to the general public for various courses scheduled for the
year.
The courses according to the schedule released on its
website are categorised into Management System Courses and Technical courses
(by sector) commencing from January all through to December 2022 with highly
rated courses open to both the public and the private sector.