Aug 18, 2021--Written by Divine Sufor Anye, Phd. The world has never been as connected or as digital as it is today. From personal devices to complicated industrial systems, digitization is now all around us. Wherever you look, the world seems to be taking on a digital dimension. But where does Africa stand in this... Read more
ANALYSIS featured on AllAfrica.com 3 June 2019 By Ambassador Omar Arouna The digital divide in Africa is real: Three-quarters of the people on the continent do not have sufficient access to the internet – or have no access at all. This has an impact on everyone and in every component of society, from health to... Read more
May 29, 2018, Washington, DC--Ambassador Omar Arouna, Managing Partner of US-Africa Cybersecurity Group, has appointed Priscilla Mutembwa as Vice President, Cybersecurity Policy and Development. Further to the appointment, Ambassador Arouna commented: “I’m delighted that Priscilla Mutembwa is joining the Group. Over the past years she has done an outstanding job in various capacity on the... Read more
May 15, 2018--NATO Communications and Information Agency Agency Announces Winners of Third Annual Defence Innovation Challenge. US-Africa Cybersecurity Group strategic partner “CybExer Technologies has been awarded this highly coveted award in recognition of its revolutionary data visualisation tool only two years after the company’s inception. Additionally, CybExer Technologies was the only company in all of Northern... Read more
Apr 3, 2018, Washington, DC--Frank Welffens, Managing Partner at USAFCG, joined the Washington Forum at Voice of America in Washington, DC, and participated in the discussion on information security and Facebook in light of Cambridge Analytica’s scandal. Source: https://www.voaafrique.com/a/4323744.html Discussion Topic: Panic winds at Facebook, following the revelations of data use of millions of users... Read more
Jan 31, 2018 by Ambassador Omar Arouna--Cyber hygiene is the establishment and maintenance of an individual’s daily routines, occasional checks and general behaviors required to maintain a user’s online “health” (security). Cyber hygiene is linked to cyber security. Poor cyber hygiene will adversely affect an organization’s cyber security and, conversely, strong (or weak) cyber security... Read more
Jan 22, 2018, by Ambassador Omar Arouna--When Estonia started building its information society about two decades ago, there was no digital data being collected about its citizens. The general population did not have the internet or even devices with which to use it. Sound familiar? It took great courage to invest in IT solutions and... Read more
Jan 10, 2018--As companies embrace technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, cloud, and mobility, security must be more than an afterthought. But in the digital era, the focus needs to shift from securing network perimeters to safeguarding data spread across systems, devices, and the cloud. by MIT Technology Review Custom January 23, 2017... Read more
Oct 30, 2017--Half a billion US dollars – that’s how much cyber-related incidents now cost organizations in Nigeria each year. The figures for many other African countries are similarly high, estimated at $50 million for Uganda and $250 million in Kenya. But even these figures are likely to understate the problem; most African countries don’t... Read more
Jul 20, 2017--The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) is a survey that measures the commitment of Member States to cybersecurity in order to raise awareness. The second edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017, released by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations, measured the commitment of ITU Member States to cybersecurity and... Read more
