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".

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