Listers,

On Tuesday, 26^th to Thursday, 28^th November, the Ministry of ICT and COMESA will hold an Information Security & Public Key Infrastructure Conference at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.  The theme of the conference is “Strengthening Regional Co-operation through secure Cyberspace”. 

We would like to invite interested members of Kictanet to attend the conference. The conference is especially useful for those in the Information Security area and financial sector. 

Registration is on going at:  http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=s7ex7gdab&oeidk=a07e8hs5yaf62252f94&condition=SO_OVERRIDE

Attendance is free.

The event aims at bringing together stakeholders COMESA Member States and regional & African bodies that deal with information Security matter. Others are policy makers, academia, County ICT Secretaries, Law enforcement officers, Banking & Financial Sector, Education, media and Health sector Industry experts.

The Conference objectives are :- 

·  Harmonization of National ICT Policies with COMESA Policy priorities

·  Cyber Security Policy and e-commerce strategies in line with COMESA

·  National Public Key Infrastructure systems implementation, integration, roadmaps and best practices

·  Success stories and lessons - case studies from Africa

·  Information Society Measurements in line with Regional and international Indicators

·  National and regional Cyber Security capacity development, awareness and stakeholder engagements