Immediate Past President of the ISACA Accra Chapter Appointed to serve on Cyber Security Authority’s Governing Board

The immediate
past president of the ISACA Accra Chapter Mr. Carl Amanor
Sackey has been appointed to serve on the Cyber Security Authority’s (CSA)
Governing Board.

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) which is the national agency
responsible for the country’s cybersecurity development inaugurated its maiden
Governing Board on Friday, February 18, 2022, to provide oversight
responsibility in-terms of strategic and policy directions for the Authority.

The Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038) provided the legal premise for the induction of the Board.

Members of the Board are Minister for Communications and Digitalisation
(Chairperson), Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful; Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery; Minister for National Security, Hon. DominicNitiwul; and Minister for Defence, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah; Ag. Director-General of the CSA, Dr.Albert Antwi-Boasiako; three persons from the Industry Forum namely Prof. Boateng Onwona-Agyeman, Mr. Carl Amanor Sackey and Mad. Adelaide Benneh-Prempeh; and three other persons nominated by the President namely Mad. Esther Dzifa Ofori, Mrs Mavis Vijaya Afakor Amoa and Mr Reginald Botchwey.

Mr. Sackey served as president of the ISACA Accra Chapter from 2017 to 2020. During his tenure, he actively championed several key initiatives aimed at improving IT Governance at the Board level of governmental and financial institutions.

We wish him every success in his new role.

Source: ISACA Accra Chapter