SADC CYBERSECURITY PRACTITIONERS SEEK MORE CAPACITY

The CEO of the world's largest security software vendor Symantec has said in reports that the demand for the cybersecurity workforce is expected to rise by 6 million professionals globally by 2019, with a projected shortfall of 1.5 million. That will leave companies and information less protected than they should be against cybercriminals.

Apparently, despite of skills shortage in the field of cybersecurity – There is a very low effort done to increase the number of experts in the field. I...

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Public hospitals short of qualified practitioners
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Public hospitals are facing shortage of graduate health practitioners, with only 7,000 vacancies filled out of the 11,000 available in the 2013/2014 financial year. The number of students joining health colleges and universities is still small, creating the 4,000 ...

Stick to ethics, media practitioners advised
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JOURNALISTS have been urged to stick to ethics when executing their duties. Speaking here yesterday, Siha Municipal Director, Mr Rashid Kitambulilo, clarified some of the misleading statements aired by a local television station during the Coalition of ...

Media practitioners urged to form firm solidarity
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JOURNALISTS in the country have been cautioned about the constitution-making process because some selfish politicians might end up inserting provisions limiting the freedom of the media. Presenting a trade union message during the opening of a two-day ...

Stop misinforming the public, experts urge media practitioners
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Media practitioners have been cautioned to refrain from misinforming and inciting public violence by twisting the new constitution writing process to a political agenda aimed at building popularity and political fame among politicians and political parties.

October is here again! A National Cyber Security Awareness Month — A month dedicated to raise awareness on cybersecurity issues. As the rate of cybercrime keeps increasing we should also remember we are all responsible to the fight against cybercrimes. As I have said in one of my writing that can be read "HERE" Nation has to take this month serious to raise awareness to the end users on the issues related to cybersecurity.

YOUR CYBER HYGIENE AFFECTS OTHERS

It’s not unlike public health. One of...

A day before "DATA PRIVACY DAY", Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s office announced the creation of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, which “will provide dedicated and centralised oversight of national cyber security functions.” Given the sinister ways in which cyber threats are evolving, the move is a necessary step for a wired, wealthy nation that has long been the target of cybercrime.

This is a rare radical step towards the fight against cybercrimes in Singapore which came at the...

There has been a very high demand of cybersecurity professionals worldwide. Countries are encouraged to train more people in the field of cybersecurity. In Africa there are several initiatives on capacity building that includes Crash programs, Workshops and in some countries security courses have been introduced to the curriculum.

The United States: In response to a growing national demand for cybersecurity workers, “ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY" has planned to use a $4 million federal...

JOE SULIVAN - CSO FACEBOOKCybersecurity firms have played a significant role to help the fight against cybercrimes. With the help of analysis of the Cyberthreats situation across nations and proposed way forwards to fight cybercrime, they have proven to be the right force to join.
Facebook has seen this and choose to join force with one of the Cybersecurity firm as a sign of getting serious about fighting off online data threats.

 The social network is buying PrivateCore, a cybersecurity firm...