'Cybersecurity starts with every internet user ' | Saturday Observer (Eswatini)

The coun­try’s fight against cyber­crime must extend bey­ond gov­ern­ment insti­tu­tions and cyber­se­cur­ity agen­cies, with every inter­net user hav­ing a role to play in cre­at­ing a safer digital envir­on­ment.

Eswat­ini Com­mu­nic­a­tions Com­mis­sion (ESCCOM) act­ing Chief Exec­ut­ive (CE) Ozzie Thakatha said the grow­ing soph­ist­ic­a­tion of cyber­crime means that no single insti­tu­tion can effect­ively address the prob­lem on its own. Instead, he said, stake­hold­ers must work together by shar­ing inform­a­tion, coordin­at­ing responses and strength­en­ing pub­lic aware­ness.

Thakatha placed par­tic­u­lar emphasis on the import­ance of indi­vidual respons­ib­il­ity in cyber­se­cur­ity. As more people use digital plat­forms for com­mu­nic­a­tion, fin­an­cial trans­ac­tions, busi­ness and access to ser­vices, he warned that users can become tar­gets for cyber­crim­in­als seek­ing per­sonal inform­a­tion or access to digital accounts.

“Cyber­se­cur­ity Aware­ness Month, there­fore, provides an oppor­tun­ity to encour­age the pub­lic to take simple, but import­ant pre­cau­tions when using the inter­net. Users are urged to remain alert to sus­pi­cious mes­sages and links, safe­guard per­sonal inform­a­tion and adopt secure online habits,” he remarked.

He added that the cam­paign also high­lights the need for insti­tu­tions to strengthen their cyber­se­cur­ity meas­ures while ensur­ing that the pub­lic under­stands the risks asso­ci­ated with an increas­ingly con­nec­ted soci­ety.

“Tack­ling cyber­crime requires more than tech­nical solu­tions. It requires cooper­a­tion between insti­tu­tions and informed cit­izens, who under­stand their role in pro­tect­ing them­selves and oth­ers online,” he added.

Saturday Observer (Eswatini), 03 Hydref 2026

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