UHALIFU MTANDAO KUELEKEA UCHAGUZI 2015

Nianze makala hii kwa kupongeza jitihada za dhati za serikali ya awamu ya Nne katika uwekezaji wake kwenye sekta ya TEHAMA Nchini. Ni wazi kabisa nchi yetu imepiga hatua kubwa katika maswala ya TEHAMA kulinganisha nan chi nyingi Afrika. Mifano michache ni pamoja na kuhama kutoka analogia kulekea Digitali, Mkonge wa taifa, Kupatikana kwa Khala Mtandao la taifa, kuaandikisha upigaji kura kimtandao na mengineyo mengi.

Aidha, Jitihada kama vile kupatikana kwa sharia mtandao, kupatikana kwa vitengo vinavyo shughulikia uhalifu mtandao,  wakala za serikali mtandao na mengineyo yamekua ni hatua ya kipekee iliyoweza kutoa matumaini kwa watanzania kutoka kwa serikali ya awamu hii ya Nne inayo ongozwa na Dk. Jakaya Kikwete.

Jitihada hizi njema naona bado kuna ya kufanyika zionyeshe matunda na zibaki salama kwa muda mrefu. Nimeyasema hayo kufuatia kauli yangu niliyoitoa, Nilipo sema serikali ina jukumu la kuwekeza zaidi katika maswala ya usalama mitandao ili kuweza kubakisha salama jiihada hizi za TEHAMA kwani isipo fanywa hivyo kuna hatari kubwa mbele yetu kimtandao iyakayo pelekea jitihada hizi kuingia dosari kubwa.

Hatari za kimtandao zitakazo pelekea kuathiri kwa kiasi kikubwa uchumi wetu, siasa zetu, tamaduni na jamii yetu kwa kwa ujumla wake. Napo zungumzia uchumi nipamoja na upotevu mkubwa wa fedha unaosababishwa na uhalifu mtandao ulio athiri taasisi za fedha na mawasiliano nchini. Kumekua na wimbi kubwa la wizi wa fedha kimtandao hii ni mjumuisho wa pesa kutoka mabenki pamoja na pesa zinazo potea kutokea kwenye miamala ya simu.

Moja ya changamoto iliyo sikika kwenye kikao nilichoshiriki kilicho husisha nchi ya  ujerumani na Tanzania ni pamoja na lalamiko kutoka kwa mshiriki kuelezea kua kupitia mtandao alipoteza pesa zake na kumekua na ugumu kuzipata pesa hizo. Nilitolea ufafanuzi hilo kwa kueleza kua tatizo ni kubwa na kama hakuna jitihada za dhati kudhibiti hili basi kuna hatari ya uchumi wetu kupitia uhalifu huu mtandao kuporomoka.

Aidha, Naomba nijikite zaidi kwenye Uchaguzi mkuu ujao Oktoba – Ni wazi kabisa kuanzi uandikishaji hadi taratibu nyingine za kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu umehamishiwa katika mtandao. BVR (Biometric Vote Registration) mfumo mtandao unaotumika kuandikisha wapiga kura ambao kwa ujumla wake ni mfumo wwa kimtandao.

Kuna hatari kubwa ya Mifumo hii kuathirika kimtandao na kusababisha kupatikana kwa taarifa zisizo sahihi endapo wahalifu mtandao wataweza kuingilia na kufanya marekebisho wa namna ya ufanyaji kazi wake. Hii inaambapatana na Matumizi mabaya ya mitandao kuelekea uchaguzi ambapo inaweza kusababisha kuyumbisha amani iliyoko Nchini. Nimelizungumza hili kwa kirefu sana kama inavyoweza kusomeka kwa ku "BOFYA HAPA"

THE COST OF CYBER-ATTACKS IN THE UK IS RISING DRAMATICALLY

According to the  “PWC REPORT”, the cost of a cyberattacks to businesses has more than doubled in the past year. This should be a wakeup call to other nations – The rise of cyber-attacks in recent years has proven the need to do more than what has been done. More collaboration beyond border is extremely needed and the required skill set on the fight is to be raised along with cybercrime awareness programs that will eventually add impact to the community.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) commissioned the survey which has shown that not only has the cost doubled, but the number of security breaches has increased.

To make things even worse, 11 per cent of respondents changed the nature of their business as a result of their worst breach.

The average starting costs for a major security breach at large organizations rose to an average £1.46 million, up from £600,000 last year. Smaller firms were no less immune to the financial drain caused by a cyberattack. The minimum they could expect to pay last year for the most extreme breaches jumped to £310,000 from £115,000 in 2014.

The costs include covering business disruption, lost sales, recovery of assets, fines and compensation.

Speaking to The Telegraph as the report was launched, Ed Vaizey, UK Digital Economy Minister, said: "The UK’s digital economy is strong and growing, which is why British businesses remain an attractive target for cyberattack and the cost is rising dramatically. Businesses that take this threat seriously are not only protecting themselves and their customers’ data but securing a competitive advantage".

The survey also found that 90 percent of large organizations suffered a cyberattack over the year, a rise of nine percentage points. For small businesses the figure was 74 percent, up from 60 percent a year ago.

TANZANIA KUATHIRIKA ZAIDI NA UHALIFU MTANDAO.

Mazungumzo ya awali kabla ya mkutano wa wanausalama mitandao uliokamilika jijini Johannesburg nchini afrika kusini yanaweza kusomeka kwa "KUBOFYA HAPA"  Mkutano ambao uliokua na vuta nikuvute kupata suluhu ya changamoto tulizo nazo za kiusalama mtandao duniani kote zinazoendelea kukua kila kukicha huku ikionekana dhahiri kabisa wahalifu mtandao wanaelekea kuzidi nguvu huku Tanzania ikiorodheshwa kua ya sita kwa nchi zinazotegemewa kuathirika zaidi na uhalifu mtandao barani Afrika.

Akitolea ufafanuzi wa takwimu hizi Bwana Vernon Frye, Mkuu wa Usalama mitandao wa kampuni ya Vodacom ya Afrika kusini, alielezea kuhusiana na uhalifu mpya wa Ransomware ambapo tayari athari zake zimesha onekana Nchini huku aki ibua mjadala mzito wa wapi tume jikwaa.

Aidha Mjadala mrefu kutoka kwa aliyekua Mkurgenzi wa wakala wa usalama wa Marekani (National Security Agency – NSA) bwana William Binney pamoja na Raisi na muanzilishi wa kivinjari cha aina ya Tor kinachotumika sana na jumuia ya wana usalama mitandao waliibua changamoto ya ufaragha baina ya watumiaji wa mitandao na namna ya kuendelea kuhakiki kunapatikana uthibiti wa faragha hizi kutotumika vibaya na wahalifu.

NSA SURVEILLANCE REFORM BILL PASSES HOUSE

The first legislation aimed specifically at curbing US surveillance abuses revealed by Edward Snowden passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, with a majority of both Republicans and Democrats.

But last-minute efforts by intelligence community loyalists to weaken key language in the USA Freedom Act led to a larger-than-expected rebellion by members of Congress, with the measure passing by 303 votes to 121.

The bill's authors concede it was watered down significantly in recent days, but insist it will still outlaw the practice of bulk collection of US telephone metadata by the NSA first revealed by Snowden.

Some members of Congress were worried that the bill will fail to prevent the National Security Agency from continuing to collect large amounts of data on ordinary US citizens.

“Perfect is rarely possible in politics, and this bill is no exception,” said Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, who has led efforts on the House judiciary committee to rein in the NSA.

“In order to preserve core operations of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the administration insisted on broadening certain authorities and lessening certain restrictions. Some of the changes raise justifiable concerns. I don’t blame people for losing trust in their government, because the government violated their trust.”

Despite the changes, Sensenbrenner and other influential reformers such as ranking committee Democrat John Conyers backed passage of the final bill saying it was an “opportunity to make a powerful statement: Congress does not support bulk collection.”

But the revised language lost the support of several influential members of the judiciary committee who had previously voted for it, including Republicans Darrell Issa, Ted Poe and Raul Labrador and Democrat Zoe Lofgren.

Issa also chairs the House oversight committee. Adam Smith, the most senior Democrat on the armed services committee, also voted against the bill.

“Regrettably, we have learned that the intelligence community will run a truck through ambiguity,” said Lofgren during an hour and 15 minutes of debate which preceded the vote. No amendments were allowed.

After the vote, Mark Jaycox, a legislative analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said: “The bill is littered with loopholes. The problem right now, especially after multiple revisions, is that it doesn't effectively end mass surveillance.”

In a statement, Zeke Johnson, the director of Amnesty International USA's security and human rights program, said the House had “failed to deliver serious surveillance reform”.

“People inside and outside the US would remain at risk of dragnet surveillance. The Senate should pass much stronger reforms ensuring greater transparency, robust judicial review, equal rights for non-US persons, and a clear, unambiguous ban on mass spying. President Obama need not wait. He can and should implement such safeguards today.”

UMUHIMU WA USHIRIKIANO KWENYE VITA DHIDI YA UHALIFU MTANDAO

Nianze mada hii kwa kurudia pongezi kwa rafiki yangu Bwana Joe, Kwa kuongezewa nguvu na Nchi yake ya Marekani. Tayari taarifa rasmi ya hili nimeiandikia, na inaweza kusomeka zaidi kwa “KUBOFYA HAPA”. Bwana Joe amekua na imani inayofanana sana na yangu kwa muda mrefu ya kua uhalifu mtandao ni mbio za sakafuni endapo hapatakua na ushirikiano thabiti.

Kume kua na hoja nyingi kutoka mataifa mbali mbali juu ya kusua sua katika ushirikiano unao vuka mipaka huku uhalifu mtandao kutotambua mipaka iliyopo katika mataifa yetu. Uhalifu mtandao umeendelea kufanyika huku ukivuka mipaka na athari kuendelea kushika kasi ya aina yake hivi sasa.

Nategemewa kuangazia changamoto kadhaa tulizo nazo katika bara la Afrika na nini kifanyike katika hotuba yangu kwa wataalam mbali mbali wa usalama mitandao baadae mwezi huu jijini Johannesburg ambapo changamoto kubwa iliyoafikiwa na wanausalama kutokea maeneo yote duniani ni kukosekana kwa ushirikiano wa dhati na endelevu katika kupambana na uhalifu mtandao.

Hili limekua ni tatizo zaidi nchini Tanzania kwani hata ushirikiano wa ndani umekua ukiyumba sana baina ya vitengo mbali mbali vinavyo husiana na usalama mitandao nchini licha ya kua na malengo yananyofanana ya kutokomeza uhalifu mitandao. Kuna kila haja ya kujiangalia zaidi kwenye hili hasa kwa sasa tunapo hitaji zaidi kua na mipango pamoja na mikakati madhubuti ya kuweza kufikia malengo ainishwa.

Ku sainiwa kwa sharia mtandao kunatoa fursa ya vitengo kadhaa vilivyoko nchini kufanya kazi yake kwa kujua vitafanikiwa katika vita dhidi ya uhalifu mtandao unaokua kwa kasi nchini. Lakini Hofu yangu kubwa ni ushirikiano dhaifu kwa vitengo hivi ambapo watu na vitendea kazi kwa mgawanyo wake ni dhahiri kabisa malengo yatafikiwa kwa kiasi kidogo sana.

Nimekua nikipitia kiandikwacho (Maoni ya wengi) juu ya hofu ya utayari tulio nao kama taifa na najua kila mmoja anashaka kua utayari kama taifa bado ni hafifu – Mimi niko tofauti kwenye hili. Rais, Dr. Kikwete amewekeza sana katika kuimarisha miundo mbinu ya TEHAMA nchini huku wahisani wakichangia baadhi ya vitendea kazi.

Tatizo ni kua vitendea kazi vimekua vikigawanywa katika vitengo vilivyomo nchini vinavyo jihusisha na maswala ya usalama mitandao huku watenda kazi wakigawanywa hivyo hivyo licha ya kuwa na nguvu kazi ndogo sana kulinganisha na wahalifu mtandao.

WITO:

Kama taifa lita hakikisha limekuza nguvu kazi kupitia (Capacity building) na kutengeneza nguvu kazi za ndani kama inavyo fanywa na mataifa mengine sasa na kuhakiki hili limekua endelevu kuna hatua kadhaa tutapiga. Hili litakaa vizuri endapo kutakua na ushirikiano thabiti na endelevu hivyo:-

JOE DEMAREST TO LEAD FBI NEW CYBER EXECUTIVE ROLE

The White House vows to combat cyberattacks the same way it counters terrorism — by sharing data. Following those decisions President Obama authorized a new agency, the Cyber Threat and Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC), to help integrate and disseminate cyber threat data.

In making sure sharing and collaboration meets the target, FBI has established a new position to better coordinate the bureau’s response to cybercrime, which has rapidly proliferated in recent years.

Joe Demarest, who had been assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division since 2012, will get the title upgrade, becoming the bureau’s associate executive assistant director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch (CCRSB).

“In his new role, Joe will serve as chief operations officer for CCRSB — providing technical advice and guidance across its components while establishing and nurturing relationships with federal, state, and local law enforcement and intelligence agencies,” said FBI Director James Comey in a statement.

Digital crime’s exponential rise has, at times, outpaced the government’s ability to restructure in response.

Traditional crimefighting methods have proved inadequate to catch cyber crooks. In addition to the FBI, agencies like the Justice and Homeland Security Departments have scrambled to reorganize offices and create new cyber-specific jobs.

But sharing cybersecurity evidence among these agencies remains a hurdle, officials say.

Numerous departments — from the FBI to the Secret Service and occasionally the National Security Agency — have a hand in digital investigations, complicating the process.

Comey believes Demarest, who has been with the FBI since 1988, can help further smooth working relationships among cyber crimefighters.

For years, Demarest investigated drug rings and white-collar crime before specializing in counterterrorism work for much of the early 2000s. According to the bureau, he was part of the operation that disrupted a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subway and the investigation that brought down Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.