CA upscales measures to tackle cyber attacks as incidents rise
By KNA, August 7, 2023The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has scaled up measures to safeguard the country against cyber attacks.
This follows a sharp rise in the number of attacks from 7.7 million in 2018 to 444 million in 2023, ranking Kenya among the top three targeted countries in Africa.
CA Internal Audit Director Rosalid Muriithi at the weekend said the efforts target to build capacity for institutions to disrupt cyber threats, fix newly discovered vulnerabilities and counter emerging threats.
“Cyber threats are unpredictable. You cannot plan how it will happen and when it will happen. Our team at CA works 24 hours to monitor and give feedback to institutions that are being hacked, so that they can be able to enhance their systems,” she said.
Focus has shifted to safeguarding the digital economy from data breaches, hacking attempts, identity theft and malware attacks.
Speaking in Kisumu during an awards ceremony of the Kisumu edition of the Communications Authority Cyber-security boot camp and hackathon series 2023, Muriithi said the initiative targets to instill skills in ICT students to boost the country’s capacity to address emerging threats in the sector.
“It is envisaged that through these capacity building sessions the Authority will contribute towards building a pool of cybersecurity professionals who can meaningfully participate in addressing emerging threats in the changing ICT sector,” she said.
– KNA