Angolan institutions must use digital certificates as a measure to stop constant cybercrimes, which compromise the integrity of banking services and other sectors in the country, according to the director general of Institute of Administrative Modernization (IMA), Meick Afonso.
For the person responsible, digital certificates “is extremely important as it allows sending secure and encrypted data files“, thus reinforcing the identity of people and electronic assets on the internet or in organizations’ private networks.
"Digital certificates enable secure and encrypted online communication and are consequently used to protect online transactions“, said Meick Afonso.
Still in his address at the III Angolan Congress of Banking Law, the leader stressed that every time we talk about technological developments and digitalization, we must also talk about “security and ways to prevent cybercrime".
"Angola has more and more crimes and actions that compromise the integrity of services, both in traditional banks and in digital financial services“, he recalled.
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"Therefore, it is recommended to apply a set of procedures to reduce and end fraud in card cloning and identity theft and promote data integrity“, he considered.
Regarding the position of the Angolan Government, the IMA leader informed that it is aware that digital financial services “are a path to growth and prosperity for Angola“, underlining that “Several efforts have been developed to achieve this objective in a safe and reliable way".
Finally, Meick Afonso reinforced that the implementation of “Electronic Know Your Customer”, a Public Key infrastructure for issuing digital certificates and support for electronic signatures and timestamps and the strengthening of “open banking” are some of the actions being undertaken. course.
