COLABOTARION: SA LAUNCHES NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY HUB

No one can fight cybercrimes in isolation – We need to collaborate, I have said this many times when addressing cybersecurity experts and others delegates in every conference or summit I attended. Several countries continue to work on collaborations and we have witnessed major reforms to the entities fighting cybercrimes in the US, Singapore, Saudi Arabia among others.

 In the name of Collaboration, On Friday 30^th October this year (2015) – The South African government launched the National Cybersecurity Hub in a bid to fight rising cybercrimes.

The hub will serve as a central point for collaboration between the industry, government and civil society on all cybersecurity related incidents in South Africa, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Honorable Dr. Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele said at the launch ceremony in Pretoria.

The information gathered by the hub will be used to monitor cyber-attacks and provide warnings to stakeholders of emerging threats, serve as information centre for solutions on how to deal with treats and enable stakeholders to get updates on the global for preemptive measures to strengthen their systems against cyber-attacks, Cwele said.

"It is a centre for collaboration among all stakeholders to empower us to jointly defend ourselves against the criminal elements that abuse our global resource, the internet, for attacking us in order to disrupt our activities or to steal," the minister said.

The hub will offer its services free to the public.

TAMBUA NAMNA YA KUKABILIANA NA UHALIFU MTANDAO

Mwezi Huu wa October, Nimekua na kazi kubwa ya kuhimiza mashirika, makampuni pamoja na Taifa kwa ujumla kuutumia vizuri kutokana na kua ni mwezi maalum uliotengwa na wanausalama mtandao kote duniani wa kukuza uelewa wa matumizi salama ya mitandao ili kuweza kupunguza wimbi kubwa la uhalifu mtandao duniani kote.

Nategemea kuandikia yaliyo jiri Nchini kwetu hapo baadae ili kuweza kujua namna mwezi huu tulifanikiwa kukuza uelewa kupitia mashirika mbali mbali na taifa kwa ujumla wake. Kitu ambacho niliweza kukiwasilisha ndani ya mwezi huu ni Maazimio ya namna ya kukabiliana na uhalifu mtandao katika ngazi ya Taifa, Bara Na Duniani kwa ujumla ambapo ni maazimio tuliyo kubaliana kimsingi tulipo kutana Mwaka huu mwezi wa Tano Nchini Afrika kusini.

Wakati nikiwasilisha mada hiyo nimeweza kuulizwa swali la ni jinsi gani maazimio hayo yanaweza kuambatanishwa kwenye ngazi ya Kampuni ndogo ndogo na mashirika mbali mbali ili ambacho nimekua nikihubiri yakua lazima swala la ulinzi mtandao lianzie kwenye ngazi ya mtu binafsi, Makampuni na kuendelea hadi kufikia Dunia nzima kuweza kufanyiwa kazi na kuonyesha Impact.

Nimeamua kuandika andiko hili maalum ambapo nitafafanua Njia Kuu kumi (10) ambazo makampuni na mashirika wanaweza kutumia kukabiliana na uhalifu mtandao sanjari na kuonyesha yanavyo wiana na maazimio tuliyokubaliana kimsingi ambapo yatasaidia kukabiliana na uhalifu mtandao katika ngazi ya kitaifa hadi kidunia.

Mambo yenyewe ni kama ifatavyo:-

NIGERIA LOST N6.2 BLN TO CYBERCRIMES IN 2014, EFCC REVELED

About N6.2 billion was lost to cybercrimes in Nigeria in 2014, according to an official.

Mr Ibrahim Shazali, an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bank Fraud Section, disclosed this in Ilorin on Tuesday at the ongoing Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) workshop for financial journalists.

He said the figure was grossly higher than the N485 million that was lost through the same channels in 2013.

Shazali identified Point of Sales (PoS), ATMs and mobile banking as the major avenues where the cybercrimes were being committed.

He, however, said that while the value of cybercrimes had been growing exponentially, it was comforting that the value of fraudulent transactions was less than one per cent of the total transactions.

“This should not, however, lead to premature sighs of relief as the success rate of attempted fraudulent transactions rose from a mere three per cent to 80 per cent in the space of just one year.”

Shamal said that although banks experienced more external than internal frauds, the actual loss to internal frauds was always far higher than those of external frauds.

He said the lack of a well-defined legal framework for prosecuting cybercrimes and financial frauds had led to poor success rate in the fight against the crimes.

The EFCC official said of the 1,461 suspected fraud cases reported in 2014 only fraudsters in 41 or three per cent of the cases were apprehended.

Shazali said that it had finally dawned on global financial and business leaders that cybercrime was not merely a technology issue, but at the heart of it.

MKUTANO WA WAKUU WA TEHAMA WAMALIZIKA NCHINI KENYA

Kwa mara nyingine CSK kwa kushirikiana na wadau wengine wamefanikiwa kuandaa mkutano ulio husisha wakuu wa TEHAMA ambapo mambo mbali mbali yalipata kujadiliwa. Katika mkutano huo ambapo Binafsi nilikua  Mwalikwa Rasmi ambapo pamoja na mambo mengine niliweza kutoa mafunzo ya namna ya kufanikisha upelelezi wa kitaalam wa uhalifu mtandao pamoja na hali halisi ya uhalifu mtandao duniani kote.

Aidha, Nilipata pia kuzindua kampeni ya Mwezi wa kukuza uelewa wa matumizi salama ya mitandao na kuweza kutoa wito kwa wakuu hao kudumisha utamaduni huu mzuri unaoweza kutoa msaada mkubwa kukabiliana na uhalifu mtandao duniani kote.

                      

@YUSUPHKILEO enjoyed your presentation at leisure Lodge.Am honored to have been part of it.

— kericho kericho (@kerichokericho) October 9, 2015

Pia katika hatua nyingine nilipata kubadilishana mawazo na aliyekua Raisi wa naijeria Generali Obasanjo, ambapo pamoja na mazungumzo mengine nilionesha ndoto yangu ya kuona wakuu wa Nchi za Afrika kuzungumzia swala hili la uhalifu mtandao kwani athari zake zinaonekana wazi na zimekua zikisababisha kuzorotesha Uchumi, Utamaduni, Siasa, Jamii na kadhalika.

RECOGNISING SIGNIFICANCE OF CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS

To start with I would like to recorgnise this "ARTICLE" , It has been an inspiration to rise awareness on the Cybersecurity awareness month. after that, Let me tell that in terms of global communications, the world is going through the most exciting period in human history. Now people are more connected than ever. Internet has been facilitating many things in daily routines.

People connect with friends and family, conduct business and banking online and rely on many services, like transportation and electricity, which are supported with online systems. Technology has spearheaded advancements in healthcare, education, business, music, government, and many other industries.

As technology advances, life becomes easier and more connected. However, being constantly connected brings increased risk of theft, fraud, and abuse. No country, industry, community, or individual is immune to cyber risks.

No doubt there are multiple challenges facing cyberspace today. Despite of the initiatives which are taken by some countries, Cyber terrorism, Cyber war and organised crimes are still considered growing threats.

Chunks of money have been invested by developed countries to facilitate the fight against these crimes. Due to these rapidly growing cyberthreats, the fight against cybercrime has been promoted across the global.

In Tanzania, misuse of social media and other cybercrime activities started getting to the extreme and compelled the country to take stern measures. The Cybercrime Act 2015 became officially effective last month (September 1st). However, having a Cyber law in place is not enough. It’s time for Tanzania to adopt other international initiatives to improve cybersecurity in the country.