The forestry commission is creating a noise detection software that will soon make it simpler to police the nation’s forest resources.
Officers of the commission can remotely monitor any type of noise that is occurring in any area of the forest resources once it has been deployed.
This was made public during a forestry commission campaign in Accra to raise awareness of cybersecurity.
The cyber-security awareness formed was part of this year’s Global Cyber Security Awareness Month to motivate staff to pay attention to cyber threats and climate change.
the two-day programme was on the theme “Cybersecurity and Climate Change, the Twin Threat to Humanity”.
the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Nyadia Sulemana Nelson, the brain behind the cyber security innovation said that cyber security was a key issue that required the full attention of corporate organizations to thrive in the technology world.
“This awareness creation programme is geared towards the capacity development measures for the five pillars for staff participation,” he noted.
Director, ICT of the Commission, Dr Joseph Adu Minta, said staff needed to be alert of the surge in cyber security crime due to technological dependency and urged them to be careful with the cyberspace since hackers are becoming more skilled and employing new tricks and attacks methods.
He however, hinted of the efforts by the commission to depend largely on the information technology to better police and monitor happenings in all the forest cover through the deployment of noise detection systems.
the Chief Executive Forestry Commission, John Allotey, called for attention and period upgrade of systems and software to ensure the prevention of cyber security risks factors.
Deputy Minister for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, in a speech read on his behalf, by the Technical Director at the Ministry, Joseph Osiakwan, noted that the fight against climate change and cybersecurity must be recognized as a key ingredient for a sustainable future.
He said every institution and individuals were at a greater risk of cyber security and needed to safeguard electronic equipment against harmful attacks.
According to him, cybercrime perpetrators usually take undue advantage of loose links and called for creation of awareness among staff at all levels.
Benito Owusu-Bio, noted that rallying behind technology to combat cyber threats needed more complicated and resilient systems, which leads to increased energy consumption and the generation of Green House Gases, with devastating impact on the climate.
pledged the Ministry’s full support to the process while encouraging the Forestry Commission to extend the awareness campaign to all its units.
“It is very gratifying to note that the Forestry Commission has advanced in the digitalization agenda of the government by implementing several systems to ensure efficiency and effective management of its mandate.”
