[kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security

Fri Dec 6 10:54:18 EAT 2013

@Ndemo,

The fact that the raccoon (google says this is some animal in the US :-) did manage to flood your email with spam is a confirmation that we do need the cyber-laws even in Africa :-)

Anyway, whereas I agree with most of your article I had a comment on this one paragraph :

>>>The industry sometimes lies with statistics that in most cases do not make any sense. Gullible nations are spending a fortune on cyber security. Even countries with less than one per cent Internet penetration are talking about cyber security. <<

I was of the opinion that countries with fewer machines online SHOULD be talking loudest about Cybersecurity simply because we live in a connected world. Most IT-savvy cyber-criminals  based in developed economies hijack the few  "3rd-world" (forgive the use of word) networks/computers to launch attacks in other jurisdictions. Unless there are laws/frameworks compelling corrective action most of these local networks will forever remain vulnerable.

However, it also true is that some autocratic/non-democratic governments are going to ride this cyber-security bandwagon for the sake of adding more repression to their citizenry. The civil-society (recently baptized as evil-society :-) must forever be watchful.

walu.

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On Fri, 12/6/13, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security
 To: jwalu at yahoo.com
 Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
 Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:12 AM

 Hussein,
 Some raccoon decided to clog my e-mail with spam as
 punishment because of
 the article.  I am not opposed to cyber security but
 some people (and you
 remember Dubai) want to use cyber security as a basis for
 stifling
 internet freedom.

 Ndemo.

 > Grace
 >
 > Thanks for sharing. We indeed must tread carefully.
 There is definitely a
 > case for a regulatory framework. This must however be
 tampered with the
 > understanding that too much regulation will throttle
 the industry. It is a
 > fine balance that we must maintain.
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 > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Grace Githaiga
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 >> n Kenya, we have done extremely well in the
 adoption of ICTs. This is a
 >> field that requires a lot of creativity, but we may
 just end up killing
 >> that creativity with too many rules and regulations
 in trying to counter
 >> computer crime sometimes referred to as cybercrime
 or netcrime.
 >>
 >> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/We-must-tread-carefully-on-cyber-security/-/539548/2098892/-/item/0/-/12mo495/-/index.html
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