597,028,294 US dollars is the projected cumulative annual cost of cyber security attacks across East African Community (EAC) countries for 2020
43% of all cyber-attacks are aimed at small businesses - according to a report by MTN Kenya.
Organizations in Kenya are projected to su¬ffer the greatest amount of annual losses both in total as well as a percent of GDP at US$307 million and 0.3% respectively.
Countries in the EAC have been losing approximately 0.26% of GDP from cybercrimes since 2017.
The Communications Authority of Kenya reported a 47.3% increase in cybercrimes in the past year reaching 37.1 million separate attacks officially reported in Kenya alone suggesting that cybercrimes are growing faster in East Africa than elsewhere. This elevated cybercrime growth rate is likely compounded as other reports from MTN in Kenya suggest that nearly 90% of cybercrimes are not being reported.
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Amrit Gayan
COO, SBM Bank, Kenya
Craig McGee
Senior Sales Engineer, African Region, Delinea
Cyrus Kamau
CIO, National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation
Dr. Grigorios Fragkos
Director CyberDefense & vCISO
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security, UAE Government
Heide Young
Founding Partner, Women in Cyber Security Middle East
Hesbon Malweyi
Director, Kenyan Ministry of ICT
Lt. Colonel Dr. Hamad Khalifa Al Nueimi
Head of Telecommunications, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Co-Founder, AlBrza Platform"
Sultan Al-Owais
CISO, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs
Ted Ocholla
SM Managed Security Services, Safaricom PLC
Tony Chacko Joseph
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Head of Information Security - Risks Management & Business Continuity, Du
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