[kictanet] Broadband plan gives FCC wider cybersecurity role

Tue Mar 23 08:58:09 EAT 2010

Dear PS,

Thank you so much for sharing with the forum this important step that the
ministry is undertaking to deal 
with Cyber security. Listers, please contribute widely to what the PS has
shared with us.

Indeed this is a broad subject - I was just thinking. How about a Taskforce
of selfless patriotic Kenyans 
who have so far excelled in matters touching on Cybersecurity, both from
within the private sector and 
government. Such an initiative would ring in a lot of experts in this area,
who share in the vision of 
what the country seeks to achieve and may volunteer their expertise, in
building up policy and standards. 
At the same time I also think it'd be good for the ministry to start
lobbying for attractive terms for high 
calibre experts, who can be retained without looking over the fence for
greener pastures elsewhere.

Most importantly, I believe I would be echoing the thinking of most, that
"Broadband", as a wider subject,
with so many subheadings is an urgent priority to be dealt with now. It
needs a "Multistakeholder" based
approach to be dealt with effectively - kind of a "Public-Private
Partnership". The Broadband arena right 
now is abit muddled and quite chaotic - perhaps the best indication would be
that it's almost single-
handedly controlled by service providers who dictate their terms on price,
access,coverage,quality,standards 
etc, with few enforceable benchmarks. I feel especially, universal access
and coverage should be assured.It 
would be important to reign in earliest now, and bring order..

Regards,
Harry

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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Broadband plan gives FCC wider cybersecurity role

Harry,
We have been working on ways to secure our Broadband Neteworks.  The very
early draft policy (attached) is ready and we need your comments.  We are
developing an organizational structure that would take care of cyber
security.  Our biggest headache is how to attract the critical personnel
considering the fact that we keep on losing the best staff to private
sector.

Regards

Ndemo.

>
> Alice Best..
>
> Thank you so much, for highlighting this...
>
> Frankly, on a side note; One of the reasons we've been on this forum 
> working away with 'hammer and tongs' on this broadband subject is so 
> that hopefully someone at cck and in the ministry could take note,and 
> hopefully provide leadership by bringing in the fold as many stake 
> holders to deal with this important subject, at this very important 
> juncture in the history of this nation. It's too important to be 
> ignored at this time especially if we hope to retain leadership 
> regionally as an economic and ICT powerhouse on the continent. We will 
> be overtaken, before we wake up from this deep slumber.
>
> "Broadband" as a national subject and priority needs urgent attention 
> right away - not tomorrow. And this needs "boldness" and "leadership"
>
> Anybody listening...?
>
> Harry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of alice
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:58 PM
> To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
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> Subject: [kictanet] Broadband plan gives FCC wider cybersecurity role
>
> Broadband plan gives FCC wider cybersecurity role
>
> The National Broadband Plan released by the Federal Communications 
> Commission this week contains several recommendations that are 
> designed to boost the preparedness of communications networks to deal 
> with cyberthreats.
> <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9172258/>
>
> EFF: FTC to Internet Companies: Start Using SSL 
> <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/ftc-internet-companies-start-usi
> ng-ssl
>>
> (might be good policy for  CCK to look at?)
>
> U.S. Rockefeller and Snowe Unveil Comprehensive Cybersecurity 
> Legislation, Senate Commerce
>
> Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate 
> Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator 
> Olympia J. Snowe
> (R-ME) , a senior member of the Committee, today released the latest 
> draft of comprehensive, bipartisan cybersecurity legislation to 
> address our nation¹s vulnerability to cyber crime, global cyber 
> espionage, and cyber attacks.
> <http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRe
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