1. COVID-19 Pandemic, the Game Changer
2. Nature
3. Cybersecurity Roles in a Pandemic
4. Cyberspace at Risk
5. Challenges of Managing Cybersecurity at Covid-19
6. Cyberattack Mitigations During the Pandemic
7. Cybersecurity in Post Covid-19 Digital Era
8. Conclusion and Recommendations
Biography
Kenneth Okereafor is Deputy General Manager responsible for Database Security at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Nigeria. He is a United Nations trained Cybersecurity and Biometric expert with 24 years’ ICT experience spanning industry, government, and academia. He has specialized skills in Threat Mitigation Technologies for preventing, detecting, and responding to Cyberattacks. He is a member of the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee on Health Informatics (ISO-TC-215), and he chairs ISO’s Security and Privacy Working Group-4 in Nigeria developing Cybersecurity standards for digital health. Kenneth was a key member in developing Nigeria’s eHealth Strategic Framework (2015-2020) in collaboration with the WHO and UN Foundation. Prior to joining NHIS in 2013, he had extensive data security work experience in telecoms, diplomatic relations, and public sector including the US Department of State where he supported the Biometric security rollout for personnel at the US Embassy in Nigeria. In addition to advanced Cybersecurity training by ITU, UNESCO, SANS Institute, EC Council, and ISACA, Kenneth holds a PhD in Cybersecurity from Azteca University Mexico, where his research in Biometric Security resulted in the Multi-Modal Random Trait Biometric Liveness Detection System (MMRTBLDS), a framework that improves biometric authentication by diminishing imposter predictability. He graduated cum laude and obtained an MSc in Network Security and BSc in Computer Information Systems from American Heritage University of Southern California, and has a first class background in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering. His research interests centre on Global Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Cyberattack Prevention and Mitigation, Biometric Security, Threat Intelligence, eHealth Security, Telemedicine, and Digital Identities.
