[kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 9 of 10 - National Cybersecurity strategies

Fri May 8 00:33:06 EAT 2009

In my opinion there appears to be some ambiguity within our instituional
structures. When it comes to Cybersecurity issues how does the NSIS for
instance come in since it is a critical stakeholder. I am weary of non state
actors taking up responsibilities that they might not be well equiped to
handle, maybe PPP could work here
Thanks

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Walu,
>
> Sorry I am coming in at the tail end...but is the question here an issue of
> we cannot do it? or we do not want to do it? or we cannot justify
> prioritizing doing it?
>
> Nyaki
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> *To:* elizaslider at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:57:26 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 9 of 10 - National
> Cybersecurity strategies
>
>
> Emergency Response Teams? - for Computer or other disasters? Very difficult
> concept for Kenyans.  We live in a culture that thrives on
> crisis-management...I bet 99.9% of Kenyan graduates submitted their final
> projects - or +2hr before and after the deadline.
>
> Its a culture that must be overcome if we shall ever setup a computer
> emergency response team.
>
> walu.
> nb: but maybe we could learn from the medical practitioners, they seem to
> respond better to swine, chicken and other emerging cocktails of flu.
>
> --- On Thu, 5/7/09, mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 9 of 10 - National
> Cybersecurity  strategies
> > To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 10:36 AM
> > Morning,
> >
> > Reference to email below - you may wish to make reference
> > to the following
> > additional resources
> >
> >    - One more CERT in Africa: Mauritius Gets Computer
> > Emergency Response
> >    Team -
> >
> >
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146123/mauritius_gets_computer_emergency_response_team.html
> >    - CERT is located at Carnegie Mellon University,
> > involved in Internet
> >    security vunerabilities, long term network changes
> > research:
> >    http://www.cert.org/
> >    - Team Cymru is a specialized Internet security research
> > firm :
> >    http://www.team-cymru.org/
> >    - FIRST is the global Forum for Incident Response and
> > Security Teams:
> >    http://www.first.org/
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Mwende
> > Please note the change in the subject line today is IG
> > Discussion 2009,*Day
> > 9 of 10 *
> >
> > *Disclaimer: Views expressed here (except those quoted or
> > referenced) are
> > the author’s own*
> >
> >
> > On 5/7/09, mwende njiraini
> > <mwende.njiraini at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Good morning,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Today we have the opportunity of discussing the last
> > aspect of
> > > cybersecurity: Computer Security Incident Response
> > Teams (CSIRTs)/Computer
> > > Emergency Response Teams (CERT). CSIRTs/CERTs are
> > responsible for preparing
> > > for, detecting, managing and responding to
> > cybersecurity incidents as well
> > > as creating consumer awareness.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Global cybersecurity is said to be ‘as strong as the
> > weakest link’.  Developing
> > > countries particularly in Africa have not sufficiently
> > addressed
> > > cybersecurity issues.  While some countries have
> > initiated efforts to
> > > develop cybersecurity capabilities through the
> > establishment of National
> > > CSIRTs/CERTs, the CERT-TCC in Tunisia is the only
> > active national CERT in
> > > Africa (http://www.ansi.tn/en/about_cert-tcc.htm).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In establishing a National CERT/CSIRT…
> > >
> > >    - What structure could be adopted?
> > >    - What services should be offered?
> > >    - What elements could be considered to establish
> > trust in this
> > >    institution thereby encouraging organizations with
> > critical information
> > >    infrastructure (CII) such as government agencies,
> > banks, educational
> > >    institutions, water and power companies, etc, to
> > share of cybersecurity
> > >    incidents?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Mwende
> > >
> > > *Disclaimer: Views expressed here (except those quoted
> > or referenced) are
> > > the author’s own*
> > >
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