IPPIS: Employees’ data safe, secure – OAGF assures

Reacting to reports in some sections of the media that the IPPIS that contains the Federal Government employee’s data might have been hacked, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, OAGF, the data is safe and secure.

The reaction was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Bawa Mokwa in Abuja, saying the Federal Government’s determination to maintain and operate a secure and efficient personnel and payroll system remains unshaken.

He denied that, the Integrated Personal and Payroll Information System , IPPIS, database was compromised.

According to the statement the OAGF which manages the financial initiatives of the Federal Government was already implementing its ICT Security Policy and it’s difficult for it to be compromised, even as the OAGF ensure that its digital assets are secured in line with global best practices.

The statement revealed that there was no data saved on its website, hence, the IPPIS uses the website to share information and not for any other transaction that would pose a risk to the employees’ data..

It said: “The IPPIS is not using the OAGF website for any transaction. The website is actually the medium to share information. Neither payroll nor payment is made through the website, therefore, no data is contained in the website.

“The IPPIS Validation Portal was deployed on a secure platform. A secured database and application were purchased from the popular HELIX-FONS.”

The Office acknowledged that the IPPIS is of utmost importance to Nigerian workers, thus it became imperative to assuage the fears of any loss or breach of employees personal data in the IPPIS database.

The OAGF stated that the IPPIS validation portal that was recently developed for updates of employees information was deployed for a period and after the exercise was over, the data were pulled out and the site shut down permanently.