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CIT hosts Africa wide Cybersecurity workshop
The School of Computing and Informatics Technology-CIT, College of Computing and Information Sciences, in conjunction with the International Telecommunications Union –ITU Centres of Excellence Initiative for Africa organized a weeklong Training Workshop on Cyber Security.
The School of Computing and Informatics Technology-CIT, College of Computing and Information Sciences, in conjunction with the International Telecommunications Union –ITU Centres of Excellence Initiative for Africa organized a weeklong Training Workshop on Cyber Security.
The Workshop which ran from 18th–22nd April 2011 was conducted by Dr. Alex Corenthin, Director, IT Department, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal, alongside other trainers from CIT, and was also actively engaged in by the participants.
Participants who were drawn from Uganda, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Gambia represented various organs from Universities, Telecommunications Companies, Banks, Government Ministries, United Nations agencies to National Communications Commissions and Sugar Companies.
Dr. Corenthin took participants through sessions ranging from Cyber Security Basics and Basic Network System Security Practices to Risk Management techniques and case studies on the best practices of Cybersecurity. Additionally, participants like Mr. Imran Ameerally, Project Manager IT Security-Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunications, whose country has already implemented the ISO27001 standards on Information security, shared the best practices and training schedules that have helped Mauritius make strides in this direction.
The training also included practical sessions, where Joseph Kaizzi, a former CIT student and head of a team that excelled in the Design for Development Award-7th Imagine Cup 2009 World Finals, shared on online exploits such as SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting, which can compromise the security of and often crash Information Security Systems.
At the conclusion of the training Mr. Drake Patrick Mirembe-Makerere-ITU Center of Excellence Coordinator, thanked all participants for attending the event, and the International Telecommunications Union for choosing Makerere University to host the landmark event. More conferences on Cybersecurity are set to be hosted by the CIT later on in the year.
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