- Title
- Cyber Vulnerability Assessment: Case Study of Malawi and Tanzania
- Creator
- Chindipha, Stones D, Irwin, Barry V W
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/428558
- Identifier
- vital:72520
- Identifier
- https://accconference.mandela.ac.za/ACCConference/media/Store/images/Proceedings-2015.pdf#page=105
- Description
- Much as the Internet is beneficial to our daily activities, with each passing day it also brings along with it information security concerns for the users be they at company or national level. Each year the number of Internet users keeps growing, particularly in Africa, and this means only one thing, more cyber-attacks. Governments have become a focal point of this data leakage problem making this a matter of national security. Looking at the current state of affairs, cyber-based incidents are more likely to increase in Africa, mainly due to the increased prevalence and affordability of broadband connectivity which is coupled with lack of online security awareness. A drop in the cost of broadband connection means more people will be able to afford Internet connectivity. With open Source Intelligence (OSINT), this paper aims to perform a vulnerability analysis for states in Eastern Africa building from prior research by Swart et al. which showed that there are vulnerabilities in the information systems, using the case of South Africa as an example. States in East Africa are to be considered as candidates, with the final decision being determined by access to suitable resources, and availability of information. A comparative analysis to assess the factors that affect the degree of security susceptibilities in various states will also be made and information security measures used by various governments to ascertain the extent of their contribution to this vulnerability will be assessed. This pilot study will be extended to other Southern and Eastern African states like Botswana, Kenya, Uganda and Namibia in future work.
- Format
- 16 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Cyber Citizenship Conference, Chindipha, S.D. and Irwin, B., 2015, November. Cyber Vulnerability Assessment: Case Study of Malawi and Tanzania. In African Cyber Citizenship Conference 2015 (ACCC2015) (p. 105), African Cyber Citizenship Conference volume 2015 number 1 1 16 2015 Conference
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- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of AFRICAN CYBER CITIZENSHIP CONFERENCE 2015 (ACCC2015) Statement (https://accconference.mandela.ac.za/ACCConference/media/Store/images/Proceedings-2015.pdf)
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Irwin, Barry V W (Prof)
Chindipha, Stones Dalitso (Dr)
RU Department of Computer Science
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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