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Cyber Security and Cybercrime Workshop
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- Cyber Security Policy and Strategy
- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- Cybercrime
Cyber Security and Cybercrime Workshop
Funding: US (State) Target groups: Government officials. Thematic focus: Address broad issues of cybercrime and cybersecurity while focusing on issues of specific interest to the Lusophone Africa region such as combating cybercrime;mobile phone security;Internet freedom, access, and affordability;and the development of national computer emergency readiness teams, or CERTs. Link: Deputy […]
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Support to Develop the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection
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Support of Transposition of Cybersecurity Laws, Strategies and the Necessary Infrastructure
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Bridging Digital Divide Rural Development
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Bridging Digital Divide Rural Development
Aims / objectives To raise awareness and sensitise rural communities on cyber security matters and e-governance To promote communities accessibility to cyber space, ICT equipment and e-applications To train and capacity build community members on the effective use of ICT tools and applications on their day to day economic, social […]
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The Africa E-Governance Academy
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The Africa E-Governance Academy
Activities: The regional institution for e-governance will be a hub for networking, training and research related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). // Aims: Set to demonstrate how ICTs can improve governmental operations and services as well as communication between administrative sectors.
Cyber Security Event
Target groups: 10 military officers from nine African nations. Thematic focus: Address broad issues of cybercrime and cybersecurity while focusing on issues of specific interest to the Lusophone Africa region such as combating cybercrime; mobile phone security; Internet freedom, access, and affordability; and the development of national computer emergency readiness […]
GLACY (Global Action Cybercrime)
The GLACY project strengthened criminal justice capacity in seven priority countries through training and advice, contributing to four of the countries subsequently acceding to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and the launch of the national computer emergency response team in Tonga.
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Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Trends in Africa (*GFCE Initiative)
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Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Trends in Africa (*GFCE Initiative)
The aim of this initiative by Symantec, the United States of America and the African Union (as members of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) is to produce a report that collects and presents detailed technical data on cybersecurity threats and trends in Africa in partnership with African thought‐leaders. This […]
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Assessing and Developing Cybersecurity Capability (*GFCE Initiative)
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- University of Oxford – Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC)
- Organization of American States (OAS)
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Assessing and Developing Cybersecurity Capability (*GFCE Initiative)
This initiative is based on the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) which was developed by the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) and initiated by the following members and partners of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE): United Kingdom, Norway, Organization of American States, and the Capacity […]
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Promoting Cybersecurity Due Diligence Across Africa (*GFCE Initiative)
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Promoting Cybersecurity Due Diligence Across Africa (*GFCE Initiative)
The aim of this initiative of the United States of America and the African Union (as members of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) is to promote a culture of cybersecurity on the continent by developing the policies, legal frameworks and organizational structures necessary to improve cybersecurity due diligence and […]
