Walu your analogy or discovery points at a very interesting area - our education system - If you do not train a child how he/she should grow how do you expect them to be what you envision? Nyaki's questions are quite sport on! I my humble view I would beg to ask what kind of investment that the government has put down on this non-tangible risk or threat depending on how you look at it. Our current political environment may not be too interested on matters digital if things that make perfect sense such as environmental preservation (read Mau) have to have a protracted political battle and we can all see the effects of poor resource management. If our Intelligence agents (NISIS - CID) were more Techie savvy I think it would be a great boost just as Barrack mentioned in his post. However it all has to start somewhere, if Kenya has a CERT up an running we shall surely be starting on the right foot preempting disaster or cyber security issues and taking appropriate action rather than fighting fires! without fire equipment :) just for a the sake of argument - if the Migingo row degenerated further -God forbid- and a Cyber war broke out how would Kenya defend its Internet infrastructure from its aggressors? (in this case UG-sounds wired but hey its possible) read this article about the Russian Gorgian conflict that went all the way to the web! http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1670 On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Barrack Otieno <[email protected]>wrote:
In my opinion there appears to be some ambiguity within our instituional structures. When it comes to Cybersecurity issues how does the NSIS for instance come in since it is a critical stakeholder. I am weary of non state actors taking up responsibilities that they might not be well equiped to handle, maybe PPP could work here Thanks
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Catherine Adeya <[email protected]>wrote:
Walu,
Sorry I am coming in at the tail end...but is the question here an issue of we cannot do it? or we do not want to do it? or we cannot justify prioritizing doing it?
Nyaki
------------------------------ *From:* John Walubengo <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> *Sent:* Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:57:26 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 9 of 10 - National Cybersecurity strategies
Emergency Response Teams? - for Computer or other disasters? Very difficult concept for Kenyans. We live in a culture that thrives on crisis-management...I bet 99.9% of Kenyan graduates submitted their final projects - or +2hr before and after the deadline.
Its a culture that must be overcome if we shall ever setup a computer emergency response team.
walu. nb: but maybe we could learn from the medical practitioners, they seem to respond better to swine, chicken and other emerging cocktails of flu.
--- On Thu, 5/7/09, mwende njiraini <[email protected]> wrote:
From: mwende njiraini <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 9 of 10 - National Cybersecurity strategies To: [email protected] Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 10:36 AM Morning,
Reference to email below - you may wish to make reference to the following additional resources
- One more CERT in Africa: Mauritius Gets Computer Emergency Response Team -
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146123/mauritius_gets_computer...
- CERT is located at Carnegie Mellon University, involved in Internet security vunerabilities, long term network changes research: http://www.cert.org/ - Team Cymru is a specialized Internet security research firm : http://www.team-cymru.org/ - FIRST is the global Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams: http://www.first.org/
Kind regards Mwende Please note the change in the subject line today is IG Discussion 2009,*Day 9 of 10 *
*Disclaimer: Views expressed here (except those quoted or referenced) are the author’s own*
On 5/7/09, mwende njiraini <[email protected]> wrote:
Good morning,
Today we have the opportunity of discussing the last aspect of cybersecurity: Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)/Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT). CSIRTs/CERTs are responsible for preparing for, detecting, managing and responding to cybersecurity incidents as well as creating consumer awareness.
Global cybersecurity is said to be ‘as strong as the weakest link’. Developing countries particularly in Africa have not sufficiently addressed cybersecurity issues. While some countries have initiated efforts to develop cybersecurity capabilities through the establishment of National CSIRTs/CERTs, the CERT-TCC in Tunisia is the only active national CERT in Africa (http://www.ansi.tn/en/about_cert-tcc.htm).
In establishing a National CERT/CSIRT…
- What structure could be adopted? - What services should be offered? - What elements could be considered to establish trust in this institution thereby encouraging organizations with critical information infrastructure (CII) such as government agencies, banks, educational institutions, water and power companies, etc, to share of cybersecurity incidents?
Kind regards
Mwende
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