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The government is planning to set up a board that will be charged with overseeing cyber security professionals in a move to monitor and regulate cyber activities.
The board will work closely with the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology in seeing that cyber businesses are conducted by qualified people.
Addressing participants and IT experts from various countries at the East Africa Banking and IT security summit held yesterday in Dar es Salaam, consulting engineer and director of ICTs in the ministry Dr Zaipuna Yohan established that the aim is to nab and stop illegal cyber users who misuse the technology.
According to Dr Yohan, the board will also have its laws and regulations and offer a course to train them. He cited an example of the Nation Board of Accountants (NBA) which approves accountants and then offers them with recognition certificates.
This will be an examining body for cyber professional qualifications and also collaborate with the authorised training institutes which will be under the ministry, detailed Dr Yohan.
Dr Yohan revealed that the government expects that by forming the board, there will be less cyber cases from banks, loss of private information and other issues related to cyber crimes.
For a long time now high-tech crimes, including cyber-based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber frauds have prevailed in our country, therefore having a board that would certify and ensure expertise in this field will help prevent online hacking, he said.
It would provide security guarantee for the individual and government, through standard security training to curb cyber crime.
In a quick rejoinder, Dr Yohan expressed concern over inadequate auditing in website and web applications, saying it is a problem that many web developers are facing.
Perhaps it is lack of standards security auditing that challenges many website holders to be hacked but we will ensure the activities of the faceless criminals are brought under control, he asserted.
Dr Yohan said many websites and web applications are vulnerable to security threats including the governments and non- government websites.
Cyber Security Manager for Africa zone Sammy Kioko, underlined the need for the country to form a board that will watch and monitor IT experts.
The need for more effective information security practices is increasingly evident with each security breach reported, Kioko said.
He called upon organizations to consider the value of ethical hacking services which are rapidly gaining attention as an essential security practice that should be performed on a regular basis.
According to Kioko, threats like hacking, malicious insiders, card skimming, electronic files manipulation, IT control circumvention, unauthorized penetration and careless employees have surged as new IT infrastructure and banking systems intended for cost-efficiency increase.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
The board will work closely with the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology in seeing that cyber businesses are conducted by qualified people.
Addressing participants and IT experts from various countries at the East Africa Banking and IT security summit held yesterday in Dar es Salaam, consulting engineer and director of ICTs in the ministry Dr Zaipuna Yohan established that the aim is to nab and stop illegal cyber users who misuse the technology.
According to Dr Yohan, the board will also have its laws and regulations and offer a course to train them. He cited an example of the Nation Board of Accountants (NBA) which approves accountants and then offers them with recognition certificates.
This will be an examining body for cyber professional qualifications and also collaborate with the authorised training institutes which will be under the ministry, detailed Dr Yohan.
Dr Yohan revealed that the government expects that by forming the board, there will be less cyber cases from banks, loss of private information and other issues related to cyber crimes.
For a long time now high-tech crimes, including cyber-based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber frauds have prevailed in our country, therefore having a board that would certify and ensure expertise in this field will help prevent online hacking, he said.
It would provide security guarantee for the individual and government, through standard security training to curb cyber crime.
In a quick rejoinder, Dr Yohan expressed concern over inadequate auditing in website and web applications, saying it is a problem that many web developers are facing.
Perhaps it is lack of standards security auditing that challenges many website holders to be hacked but we will ensure the activities of the faceless criminals are brought under control, he asserted.
Dr Yohan said many websites and web applications are vulnerable to security threats including the governments and non- government websites.
Cyber Security Manager for Africa zone Sammy Kioko, underlined the need for the country to form a board that will watch and monitor IT experts.
The need for more effective information security practices is increasingly evident with each security breach reported, Kioko said.
He called upon organizations to consider the value of ethical hacking services which are rapidly gaining attention as an essential security practice that should be performed on a regular basis.
According to Kioko, threats like hacking, malicious insiders, card skimming, electronic files manipulation, IT control circumvention, unauthorized penetration and careless employees have surged as new IT infrastructure and banking systems intended for cost-efficiency increase.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
