[kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security

Fri Dec 6 12:08:57 EAT 2013

Walu

You just didn't say that...:)

How about then we remove the disciplined forces in our country seeing how we are having serious security cock ups? :)

I will venture though to agree that the solution is a hybrid. The issue really is how to achieve balance to ensure we don't compromise entirely personal freedoms, National Security and of course the enablement of enterprise. 

Ali Hussein

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"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein

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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> @Ali,
> 
> your comments sound like ITU-WCIT debate Reloaded :-)
> 
> Let me be cheeky abit.  
> 
> If SPAM can ONLY be tackled by technology - why hasn't it been tackled? Indeed the technology that could kill spam (e.g. PKI deployment at IP, SMTP, DNS-SEC, etc- apologies for the Tech jargon) has been with us for over 10years...how come spam refused to die?
> 
> Dont get me wrong, I am still civil-society biased. It is just that I get worried when solutions to complex problems are straight-jacketed into one block (tech, political, legal or otherwise).  I think the solutions do not lie on ONE of the above, but all of the above.
> 
> walu.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 12/6/13, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security
> To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 10:59 AM
> 
> Walu
> I'm of the opinion that Spam is an issue
> tackled best by technology NOT legislation...
> 
> Ali Hussein
> +254 0770
> 906375 / 0713 601113
> "I fear the day technology will
> surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation
> of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
> Sent from my iPad
> On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> @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.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 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.
> 
> *Ali
> Hussein*
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> 
> On Thu, Dec 5,
> 2013 at 9:20 PM, Grace Githaiga
> <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> 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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