Happy Tuesday, November 26, 2013
My comments may run into Day 1 and Day 2 and maybe other
discussions that ISOCers may have shared in…
1.
Do we have a Cyber Army in Kenya/in African
Countries?
I would see the Act promoting for the establishment, providing guidelines
on the how, what to do. At the backdrop I also see the challenge of the
dynamism of ICTs and also the reluctance to share information too openly for “security
reasons” or even because of really are not too sure whom you are sharing with
even between Governments
I am scared at the thought on how scater-brained our country operations
may need to be in this area; I see such a hybrid on who should handle this such
that it is easy to drop the ball/or point of responsibility e.g in Kenya; is it
the Kenya Police or the Army or the Ministry of ICT, or Justice system – or even
now Devolution?
When and where may we say we stop “researching” to discover this ICTs and
place accountability?
Can I attribute the physical law to be based on the 10 Commandments? Is
that simply it even where Cyber Security is concerned?
2.
Is our Techy Troops (yes- the Techies and Techyy
Junkies who have learned and practiced) too busy trying to keep themselves
relevant, sometimes fighting systems while causing Kenya to be even more exposed.
Is the Government “secure” in working with the Techies or actually feels
vulnerable from not being sure whom you are working with “perhaps the enemy ,
or exposing not knowing.
On
a part, I think African Countries have not trained (very many) of the Techies
to feel confident that their secrets are safe with them. Allow me to point out
that even in areas such as Economics, it is over time that we have in Academic
study areas such as Development Economics, African Economics. This has led to
increased skills capacity within Africa on Africa and also by Africans who
understand, undertake much-valued research and innovate with relevance. Is there African Cybersecurity or
Cybersecurity is cybersecurity?
3. I am wondering whether it “Cybercrime”is an industry in
itself. Convinced even more that it is since, otherwise it would not be so high
tech and also call for such high level discussions. When we look at the banking
frauds,spam levels etc. This clearly reflects that there is a big business,
highly protected by not just small time people and institutions.
4. Do our Nations understand what is really at stake? I
think that the “Physical Wars” are too many for enough focus to be there on the
real aspects of cyber security
5. What is the language to communicate on Cyber Security to make
it understood?/ Are ICT Tools continuously developed designed to mitigate
prevalence or they even promote and expose users even more?
6. In commerce and business, When it comes to physical goods
and services, what led/has led to government entities such as KEBS and other global
standard bodies and certifications to develop e.g ISO, SGS. At the backdrop “security”
i.e ensuring that certain standards are adhered to, certain boundaries are maintained,
some level of exposure is made by the source/manufacturers, level playing
ground/rules are promoted, fallback measures for users and those caused any
injury in the process of enjoying the services.
I see this as the major contribution that is required in
this sphere?
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…Physical space is not enough….The might of a nation will be
measured by the ability to keep its cyber space safe…Cyber crime is dynamic, it
is global – you cannot secure by “only securing your borders”. (I borrow the
words of Dr. Matiangi’s and CISCO’s Kan-Kin and many more…)
Have a pleasant day.
Regards/Wangari
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Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".