Unfortunately, Cyber security still isn’t given enough priority by business leaders in the region as it’s often seen as an isolated IT problem and not a business issue. Cyber-attackers leverage this negligence and increasingly use local subsidiaries as the ‘cyber’ route into large multinational companies.
It is also indispensable to recall that, the lack of obligation in many emerging
markets to report on incidents is creating a false illusion that businesses
operating in these markets are not subject to cyber attacks.According to Control Risks’ cyber threat intelligence team, for East Africa, Advanced Persistent Threat and Criminal Targeted Attacks are the most impactful cyber attack techniques in 2016. Governments and Telecoms as Top targeted sectors for Cyber Attacks in East Africa.
Based on this reality, it is important to make sure all employees are
aware of the potential threats and how to respond. Cyber security needs to be incorporated into the whole business and
not left isolated with the IT team.