DEMANDS ON THE CYBER SECURITY FIELD ARE RAPIDLY GROWING

Due to increasing demands in the field of cyber security, there is a need for not only fresh methods to curb cybercrimes but also for fresh intellectual engagement. Among a new generation of people who have been taking advantage of the growth of the IT industry to pursue careers in cyber security is Yusuph Kileo – a Tanzanian cyber-security and digital forensics expert.

PICTURE: Picture showing Yusuph Kileo (Cybersecurity and digital forensics expert), Craig Rosewarne (Wolfpack Risk MD), Martin Euchner (ITU - The UN specialized agent for information and communication technologies) and other organizer of the Cybersecurity conference event.

Kileo was among the key organizer of the cyber security conference held at CLA21 conference hall on March 14^th this year where he explained that there is still a lot to be done to improve the challenges facing nations in this area. The conference was supported by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, and Wolfpack Information Risk centered on an analysis of current Cybercrimes and National Cyber security challenges along with an Overview of cyber security activities in ITU.

Cybercrime is on the rise not only because there is an increased number of ICT users,but also because people discover what seems like “easy money” through online theft. Some even go further by hacking websites and systems in order to access classified information – or even just for amusement. There have been many cases of this type in the last year, Craig Rosewarne, the SANS director (EMEA), and Wolfpack System Risk’s Managing Director, discussed these issues during the conference.

Martin Euchner (ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Advisor) highlighted the outstanding effort to fight cybercrimes including the implementation of the Child Online Protection (COP) project whose goal is to keep children safe while they surf the internet. ITU has been working hard on uniting Nations around the fight against cybercrime as they believe individual nations cannot fight alone. Euchner underlined the fact that cybercrime has no geographical border, no boundaries and tremendous destructive power.

Kileo called upon people to develop an interest in the field of cyber security as the need for human resources is great. Kileo offered the example of how developed countries had begun building cyber solders to fight Cyber wars.  - SOURCE - GN MAGAZINE.

INTELLIGENT ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM By YUSUPH KILEO (FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2012)

Accessing Buildings and private property has given birth to many access control systems and this projects covers the security of the theoretical system where by authorized user to the building can utilize. There are many technologies that can be used to implement such a system each with different strengths and weaknesses. The system designed in this project was constructed for the security to the buildings like Conference buildings or restricted area to help the control of the facilities (Buildings).

The design was the concentrated on the intelligent way to allow the property manager to have a full control of the electronic equipment within the building concern by providing capability to switch them on or off as when automatically when user started using the facility. Also the system provided an easy way to track the movement of the facility (Buildings) users.

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WHY STRONG PASSWORDS?

Strong passwords are extremely important to prevent unauthorized access to your electronic accounts and devices. The object when choosing a password is to make it as difficult as possible for a would-be intruder to identify your password, whether by educated guesses or automated attacks.

This leaves a criminal no alternative but a brute-force search, trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and punctuation. Though intruders have access to machines that can try thousands or millions of possible passwords per second, a very complicated or very long password vastly decreases the chances an intruder will be able to guess yours.

VIDEO: Animated video on Password.

For a password to be strong and hard to break, it should:

• Contain 6 or more characters
• Contain characters from each of the following three groups:

1.     Letters (uppercase and lowercase) A, B, C,...; a, b, c,...

2.     Numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

KUNAHITAJIKA UWEPO WA UMAKINI KATIKA KUTOA TAARIFA BINAFSI MITANDAONI

Katika Muendelezo wa Kuelimisha Jamii jinsi ya kubaki salama mitandaoni leo najikita katika maswala ya USIRI “PRIVACY” ambapo taarifa nyingi za mtu binafsi si vyema kuwekwa mitandaoni napia maelezo mafupi ya namna wahalifu mtandao wanatumia taarifa hizo za siri mitandaoni kuleta madhara.

Njia za awali ambazo wahalifu mtandao wanatumia kabla ya kusababisha madhara ni kukusanya taarifa za mhusika ambaye wanategemea kumdhuru kwa njia inayojulikana kitaalam kama “RECONNAISSANCE” ambapo mara nyingi taarifa za awali zinapatikana kwenye mitandao ya kijamii kwani inaaminika wengi hawana umakini katika kutoa taarifa zao kupitia mitandao ya kijamii.

Jamii inashauriwa kujenga umakini wa taarifa binafsi wanazo ziweka mitandaoni ili kuweza kubaki salama. “Takwimu inaonyesha asilimia kubwa ya watumiaji wamekuwa wakiweka taarifa ambazo zinaweza kutoa urahisi wakugundua mambo mengi kutoka kwa muhusika” – Yusuph Kileo.

Mfano, Kuna wale ambao hadi leo wanatumia maneno ya siri “PASSWORDS” kwa kutumia mwaka wao wa kuzaliwwa wakati kuo huo mwaka huo wa kuzaliwa umewekwa kwenye mitandao ya kijamii hapo inaonyesha ni jinsi gani muhusika huyu anatengeneza urahisi kwa mhalifu kuweza kumuingilia kumdhuru.

TECHNOLOGY AND CYBER CHALLENGES

"There  is two sides in every story, Technology has no difference, the benefits of the internet  and technology at large may be obvious to Facebook users -- the exchange of ideas, access to healthcare and education, the buying and selling of products and services, and keeping in touch with friends and family! However, there is a dark side to this global resource which stems from the misuse of information and communication technologies, ICTs, including cyberthreats and cybercrime.The Video will show the rapid growing of technology and the cyberthreats in a today's world." - YUSUPH KILEO.

BUNGE LINATEGEMEA KUWASILISHA BUNGENI MUSWADA SHERIA ZA MAKOSA MTANDAO.

Wizara ya Mawasilano, Sayansi na Teknolojia ipo katika mkakati wa kuandaa muswada wa sheria za matumizi salama ya mtandao ili kukabiliana na changamoto za uhalifu kupitia mtandao.

Kupitishwa kwa miswada hiyo kuwa sheria kutapunguza hali ya kukithiri kwa matukio ya uhalifu wa kutumia mtandao, uvujaji wa taarifa za siri pamoja na upotevu wa haki miliki kutokana na kukosekana kwa sheria ya kudhibiti vitendo hivyo.

Miongoni mwa Miswada ya sheria itakayoandaliwa na Wizara hiyo ni pamoja na muswada wa sheria ya kulinda taarifa binafsi, Muswada wa sheria ya Biashara ya Miamala ya kielectronic na Muswada wa sheria ya kuzuia uhalifu kwa njia ya komputa.

Sheria hizo zimelenga kudhibiti uhalifu kwa kutumi mtandao, udukuzi, utunzaji wa taarifa za siri na kuwalinda watoto dhidi ya matumizi yasiyofaa ya kwenye mitandao.

Kwasasa sheria zinazotumika kudhibiti masuala ya uhalifu katika mitandao ni sheria ya Ki electronic na Posta, Sheria ya makosa ya jinai na sheria za ushahidi Tanzania - STAR TV HABARI