Great article, 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. Actually, more looting of our resources and hard earned capital is happening right now online than offline. But the "digital" leadership, movers and shakers would rather take a reactive approach. Pro-activity seems foreign to us. Moreso, with the over-reliance of western build software, who is safe? Warm Regards ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva twitter.com/lordmwesh google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh On 14 July 2013 15:12, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:

Listers

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.

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..

This article from the New York Times is instructive,

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130714

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