[kictanet] Kenya IGF Online Discussions Day 2: Strengthening Data Security in the Context of Emerging Trends

[william mathenge]

Hi listers,

Amazing insights being shared so far and one can only be grateful.
Are our existing mechanisms for mitigation and response to incidences
adequate for emerging threats?
At the moment the mechanisms cannot be stated to be adequate, if anything,
we are vulnerable more than ever without the proverbial 'Data Protection
Legislation' to profiling and all other forms of proliferation of personal
data. The extent of this proliferation cannot be understated as was seen in
the link below.
http://kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/151117/
The Computer Misuse and CyberCrimes Bill is majorly unconstitutional and
the Political agenda in enacting it was quite distinct.

Do we have positive cases or good practices to imitate?
Since we cannot rely on the Soft Infrastructure that has been cited, data
minimalism is an effective initiative we can undertake as a means of
individual security measures. Kind of taking the law into your own hands
only now you'd be taking your data into your own hands.
Data minimalism is however moot without sufficient sensitization from the
earliest age possible on the need to limit the amount of personal data
divulged online.
So to achieve adequate data security in the existing cyberspace, outreach
and sensitization programmes on the need for data minimalism would best fit
tackling the challenges to personal data security.

What challenges that remain and how can we address them?
Again sensitization on Privacy and what Data one provides while scrolling,
liking, commenting and generally using social media platforms would go a
long way. The implications of filling online forms and/or linking third
party users to online accounts that store our personal data are vast and
unprecedented in a negative way. Access to the internet grows faster and
deeper by the day and little or no consumer education is provided on the
dynamics of accessing it such as Data.
We can do better, ought to do better to ensure we thrive in a data driven
economy.

Kind Regards,
William (LL.B)


On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 8:00 AM Grace Bomu via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
> Thank you to all who contributed to yesterday's topic. The thread is still
> open for those who may have further thoughts on content regulation.
> Welcome to Day 2 of online pre KIGF debates where out topic today is Strengthening
> Data Security in the Context of Emerging Trends. We shall look at
> cybersecurity in the context of data.
>
> Barely a few weeks ago, social media was awash with memes of Wazir
> Boniface Chacha, the young man alleged to have conned MPs after getting
> access to their phone data. Later when this was used as a justification in
> debates for the Cybercrime Act, some wondered whether the political process
> had used the  Chacha saga to justify the quick passage of a law creating
> offences.
>
> But beyond "small data" in our personal possession, many SMEs ,
> corporations, institutions, societies and other bodies are holding
> significant amounts of data.
> In this community, the wider issue of cyber security has been a recurring
> theme in KIGF. It is generally agreed that the best approach is a
> multi-pronged one that includes the law, good practices, effective
> mitigation and response to incidences at multiple levels, creation of
> awareness and technical solutions among others. Having gotten a new law in
> the form of the Cybercrimes Act, are we assured of data security?
> Are our existing mechanisms for mitigation and response to incidences
> adequate for emerging threats?
> Do we have positive cases or good practices to imitate?
> What challenges that remain and how can we address them?
>
> Welcome to the discussion.
>
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> Grace Mutung'u
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