Thanks Grace.



Inability to authenticate documents and lack of digital signatures has stifled the uptake of electronic commerce of business to business transactions such as sealing a sales agreement online despite the vast telecommunication infrastructure available across the country.
“Currently, organisations such as banks that provide online banking get the authentication signatures abroad which is quite expensive. By developing our own infrastructure this would bring down the costs,” said Evans Kahumbu, the PKI project manager at Kenya ICT board.
Although end users like banks would not have to invest in hardware or software, they would have to invest on applications that are PKI compatible.

clarifies matters a great deal.

Cyber Security Africa, which is organising the conference, says cyber threats are the most pressing challenges to organisations.

I note the forthcoming East Africa Cyber Security Convention  on Dec 4/5
 
Apropos DDoS attacks I would mention we have an event in NYC also on Dec 5 on this topic
Mitigating DDoS Attacks: An Evolving Threat - I will webcast live and also make a video recording available.

j


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Joly
Pls try again. It has opened on my end. Or copy and paste on your browser. 


Further, there is another related story on Special IDs planned for net users to curb attacks


IN SUMMARY

  • A recent cyber security report by IT security consulting firm Serianu found that more than 80 per cent of Kenyan websites could be easily hacked because they operate on a software whose security codes are available online for free.

Rgds
Grace

> From: joly@punkcast.com
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:19:26 -0500
> Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Internet capacity to double soon after fifth fibre optic cable lands
> To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com
> CC: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke; isoc@lists.my.co.ke

>
> I get a 503 on your link, Grace.
>
> > Dr Ndemo also revealed that a project to provide every Internet users with digital identities would be implemented in a bid to combat rising cyber crime
>
> Any more info on this? Would it include limitations on anonymity?
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > IN SUMMARY
> >
> > Information and Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo on Monday
> > said that a Middle Eastern company was currently contracting suppliers to
> > lay the undersea cable
> > According to the PS, the increased network capacity will be in line with
> > rising local demands for high speed data
> > Dr Ndemo also revealed that a project to provide every Internet users with
> > digital identities would be implemented in a bid to combat rising cyber
> > crime
> >
> >
> > http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Fifth-fibre-optic-cable-lands/-/1006/1624478/-/item/0/-/1uv0vy/-/index.html
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