Global body says Kenya is well equipped with laws and technical capacity. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Summary
- The union judged its member states’ commitment to cybersecurity on five key pillars including the laws; the technical capacity of institutions; and cooperation with other countries.
- The Kenya Education Network (KENET) was cited as an illustrative example of how nations can support cyber security research. KENET provides low-cost Internet to educational institutions.
- Globally, Kenya was ranked 45th among the 144 countries surveyed by the ITU. Mauritius and Rwanda were the other two African nations to perform better than Kenya.
Kenya has been ranked third among
African countries for its preparedness to fight cybercrime. The
International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in its Global
Cybersecurity Index, gave the country high marks for its legislative
framework as well as the government’s technical capacity to respond to
incidents of cybercrime.
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“Kenya,
ranked third in the region, provides a good example of co-operation
through its National Kenya Computer Incident Response Team Coordination
Centre (National KECIRT/CC),” says ITU.
The union
judged its member states’ commitment to cybersecurity on five key
pillars including the laws; the technical capacity of institutions; and
cooperation with other countries.
The Kenya Education
Network (KENET) was cited as an illustrative example of how nations can
support cyber security research. KENET provides low-cost Internet to
educational institutions.
Globally, Kenya was ranked
45th among the 144 countries surveyed by the ITU. Mauritius and Rwanda
were the other two African nations to perform better than Kenya.
Other
countries that performed well in Africa include Nigeria, ranked fourth
regionally, and Uganda, which was ranked fifth. South Africa came in
sixth while Tanzania took the 11th position.
Singapore was the best performing country in the world followed by the United States.
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