Great article,<div><br></div><div>We are at war in Somalia and Migingo :), to prevent vagabond armies from looting lives and resources from within, but we never remember to secure our borders online.</div><div><br></div><div>


Actually, more looting of our resources and hard earned capital is happening right now online than offline. But the &quot;digital&quot; leadership, movers and shakers would rather take a reactive approach. Pro-activity seems foreign to us.</div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Moreso, with the over-reliance of western build software, who is safe?</div><div><br></div>
<div>Warm Regards</div><div><div>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><div>google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 July 2013 15:12, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>As countries move hostilities online in search of the competitive advantage - socio-economic and national security wise all bets are off. Tactics include setting up a cyber security brigade in the armed forces (China), creating and funding cyber security divisions within the National Intelligence apparatus, outsourcing hacking to hackers etc.</div>


<div><br></div><div>Does anyone know what we are doing to ensure we are not sitting ducks? Especially after the fiasco a few months ago when most Kenya government ministry websites were hacked by amateur hackers from Asia..</div>


<div><br></div><div>This article from the New York Times is instructive, </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:&#39;.HelveticaNeueUI&#39;;font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=0&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=edit_th_20130714" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=0&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=edit_th_20130714</a></span><br>


<div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd</span></div>


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