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On Thursday 27th October we were pleased to be in The Republic of Seychelles. Here, our country co-ordinator Hannes Krause, accompanied by project leader Enrico Calandro had the honour of meeting the Vice President of Seychelles, Mr Ahmed Afif. The meeting was dedicated to the start of our work in Seychelles and we had a very substantial discussion with Vice … Read more
🌐 The Cyber4Dev team is in Mauritius and today we held a session together with the Mauritius National Cybersecurity Committee, providing advice on the measuring and evaluation of the Mauritius National Cybersecurity Strategy 2022-2024. Hannes Krause, our country coordinator for Mauritius explained that the country was the first priority country for the project in Africa that which became … Read more
It was our pleasure to work with alongside colleagues at Instituto Nacional de Tecnologias de Informacao #INTIC this week. It was great to have the opportunity to address stakeholders from across civic societies on the core topics and challenges of Cyber Security yesterday.
Building on our work with ITESA educators over summer, this week our team are back in The Dominican Republic to train and observe as our cohort of trainers convey their learnings to students. Day One of our bootcamp has already concluded… more to come later this week.
21.10.2022 NEWS: Emotional Toll From Cyberattacks Can Linger Among Staff for Years The ransomware crisis hasn’t just cost companies time and money, but also the mental health of their employees. New research shows that in the wake of a ransomware or other cyberattack, IT and security staff tasked with responding to a cyberattack can experience … Read more
Creating secure connections that facilitate the flow of information amongst networks has never been more important; and building the scaffolding and frameworks that allow these connections is ever more complex and susceptible to compromise. It was within this context that our expert Martin Indrek Miller delivered a wide-ranging training exercise alongside fellow esteemed Estonian experts … Read more
NEWS: What You Need for a Strong Security Posture Cybersecurity has been compared to a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, with an ever-changing cast of threats and threat actors. While the attacks that make headlines may change from year to year, the basic fact remains: Any network, no matter how obscure the organization it supports, most … Read more
NEWS: Is mandatory password expiration helping or hurting your password security? For decades cybersecurity professionals held tight to the idea that passwords needed to be changed on a regular basis. In recent years, however, organizations such as NIST and Microsoft have abandoned this longstanding best practice and are now recommending against mandatory password expiration. Microsoft … Read more
This week, we’ve been in Zambia, participating in the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFA). Our Communications expert Sylvia Beamish, along with David Moepeng from InFuture Foundation, presented a workshop on Tackling Cyber Poverty through Cyber awareness campaigns. The aim of the workshop was to inspire and encourage people to take action on cyber … Read more
What a fantastic two days we have had at the Atlantic Council, C3SA (University of Cape Town) and Cyber4Dev Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge. Over Wednesday and Thursday this week, we have watched some of the most inspiring responses to complex cyber challenges, from student teams across Africa. We were delighted to be joined on the judging … Read more
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