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Thanks for the news Brian. This is a big shame for all Kenyans that our Government sites can be hacked by a simpleton. It is important to establish who in the maze of ICT Governance in the Government is responsible for Government sites and what coordination there is between different agencies and ministries. Are there appropriate ICT Policies in place covering areas such as Hosting Policy, Server Back-up Policy, etc? Is there regular ICT Audit of Government systems and methods to ensure that they conform to recognised standards and are acceptably safe and secure? Some learning should come out of this incident.</div>
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012, at 04:09 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:</div>
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The fact that a student on a hacking/computer security course could hack into and deface more than 100 Government of Kenya websites<span style="font-weight: bold"> in one night(!)</span> is a crying shame. In addition to that, the fact that it seems all or most of these sites were hosted on a single server is a travesty of best practice.
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Is it so difficult for GoK to invite (readily available) information security experts to design and implement a suitable online information framework for public government websites?</div>
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Shaking my head,</div>
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Brian<br clear="all" />
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