CRITAC Cyber Security Division was present at the United States Africa Command. This is a United States Government Department of Defence sponsored exercise aimed at developing workable concepts for harmonizing Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Systems (C4IS) capability among African Armed Forces.

Hard work and Perseverance, they say pay a lot like the team at CRITAC’s Cyber Security Division spends nights preparing and working with the head of the Computer Science Department at the Ghana Technology University in preparation to host the US Africa Command at the maiden Africa Defence Cyber-Security symposium.

“GTUC took a giant step to lead and share knowledge and expertise with our brothers and sisters on the continent and beyond. The department of computing headed by Dr. Kester Aphetsi-Quist did a presentation to the United States Africa Command, African Union and Ministry of Defence representatives and some other Francophone delegates on Cyber Security Training Ghana Cyber Security Programme”

A report made by the US Africa Command confirms how they were excited and happy to know how far Ghana can go with the research into Cyber Security

“Elaborating on working together, Dr. Kester Quist-Aphetsi, the head of the computer science department at GTUC, discussed the cutting-edge research taking place at the university, the partnerships among the interagency, and other steps it took to get the university and Ghana to its current level of success”.

Ghana is playing a leading role in Cyber Defence and Security in Africa and our defense sector is doing a great job by taking the lead in Africa’s Cyberspace. CRITAC has been training personnel in both civil and security sectors across the country. Stay tuned and sign up today at CRITAC EDUCATION to take our cybersecurity courses coming up first. Remember it is not too late to become part of the Cyber Security experts in Ghana and the world.