Kenya is among African countries facing a possible increase in cybercrime this year, amid economic uncertainty occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. And although such activity has not been rife in Africa yet, the region is not immune to this cyber threat,” van den Heever said. “This results in some databases and systems inevitably being left open to intruders,”van den Heever said. The Communications Authority of Kenya has been implementing a cyber security management framework to help wade off cyber attacks in the country. The enactment of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act of 2018 has gone a long way in strengthening this multi-agency collaboration framework, among other key facets that support national cyber security resilience.

Source: The Star January 12, 2021 13:52 UTC