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The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has urged the public to report suspicious cyber activities through its short code, 292, and called on institutions to invest in cybersecurity to protect critical assets from cyberattacks.

The CSA Director-General, Dr. Divine Selase Agbeti, made the call at the 5th Cyber Secure Volta Conference in Ho, held as part of regional activities marking the National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2026.

The conference, themed “Awareness Delayed is Loss Multiplied”, brought together young people, law-enforcement personnel, civil society, community members and other stakeholders to discuss digital financial safety and other cybersecurity issues.

“If you see something, say something,” Dr. Agbeti said. He urged residents to remain vigilant about unusual activity in their communities, citing houses where groups of young people appear to work through the night using laptops, phones and internet equipment. He also called on landlords to ask prospective tenants about their livelihoods before renting properties to them.

The Volta Regional Minister, Hon. James Gunu, in his address, urged government staff to practise good cyber hygiene in both their personal and official online activities. He noted that cyber risks in government institutions could undermine public trust and service delivery and stressed the need to protect the digital infrastructure supporting Ghana’s digital transformation.

CSA officials, Mr. Jake France and Mr. Nelson Darko, took part in a panel discussion on the safe use of artificial intelligence (AI), incident reporting and child online protection.

The conference was organised by Genius I.T Foundation in collaboration with the Cyber Security Authority, the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), and the Volta Regional Coordinating Council.