Cybersecurity Is a Continuous Journey, Not a Destination — Cyber Security Authority
Ghana's Cyber Security Authority advocates for unified threat-sharing and expands financial sector monitoring to protect the digital economy.
- CSA stresses that cybersecurity requires ongoing adaptation rather than one-time technical solutions.
- The central bank's security operations center is expanding to provide fintechs with shared threat intelligence and monitoring.
- The Joint Cybersecurity Committee brings together security, legal, and financial regulators to counter digital fraud.
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has called on public and private institutions to treat cybersecurity as an ongoing operational commitment rather than a static investment, warning that Ghana must stay ahead of rapidly evolving digital threats.
The Deputy Director for Technical Operations at the CSA, Stephen Cudjoe-Seshie, emphasized that national defense against cyber risks relies on shared responsibility across regulators and industry players.
“Cybersecurity is a journey. It’s not something where we will get to a destination. We have to keep adapting as we go,” Cudjoe-Seshie noted. “The game is played as a team. It cannot be done by one person.”
Expanding Financial Sector Defenses
Highlighting banking and finance as part of Ghana’s 13 critical national infrastructure sectors, Cudjoe-Seshie outlined how the Bank of Ghana (BoG) collaborates with the CSA to oversee cybersecurity from a unified risk perspective—treating commercial banks, fintechs, and savings and loans firms as an interconnected ecosystem.
To bridge resource gaps, the Financial Sector Cyber Security Operations Centre (FinCSOC)—originally designed for commercial banks—is expanding its coverage to include fintechs and smaller financial institutions. By extending central bank licenses and infrastructure, these institutions will gain access to threat intelligence, real-time monitoring, and incident response support without needing to fund costly independent security platforms.
Cudjoe-Seshie also pointed to the Joint Cybersecurity Committee (JCC), chaired by the CSA, which pools intelligence and coordinates policy across key bodies including the Bank of Ghana, EOCO, the Criminal Investigations Department, and National Security to combat digital fraud nationwide.
