Kenya’s cyberspace recently experienced a cyber attack from a group calling itself ‘Anonymous Sudan’, which is believed to consist of hired cyber-mercenaries from developed nations in Eastern Europe. The attack was a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which overwhelmed servers with synthetic user requests, causing them to shut down. Defending against such an attack requires a deliberate, long-term, multistakeholder approach as envisioned in Kenya’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, involving state agencies, parastatals, the private sector, academia, and civil society. Each stakeholder must appreciate their role in securing Kenya’s digital borders and work together to defend against cyber attacks.

Together, we raised our voices and Mr John Walubengo sums it up here: https://www.kictanet.or.ke/kenyas-cyberspace-under-attack-a-call-for-multistakeholder-approach/