24th November 2012
January Makamba
The government is planning to draft a new policy on Information and Communication Technology to improve ICT sector, including curbing cyber crime.
Deputy Minister for Science and Technology January Makamba announced the plans when launching a new websecurity (www.esecurity.co.tz) created by Twiga Hosting Limited for the preclusion of cyber crime in Bagamoyo yesterday.
According Makamba, the government will provide full support to the company to ensure the country’s security by unleashing all means to prevent web system from hacking attacks.
He said: “For a long time high-tech crimes, including cyber-based terrorism, espionage, computer intrusions, and major cyber frauds have prevailed in our country, therefore producing expertise in this field will help prevent online hacking.”
He said there would be security guarantees for the individual, and government, and that this can be attained through standard security training to curb cyber crime.
In a quick rejoinder, the Director of Twiga Hosting Limited Jacob Urasa expressed concern over inadequate auditing in website and web applications, saying it is a problem that many Web developers are facing.
“Perhaps it is lack of standards security auditing that challenges many website holders to be hacked and therefore through this security webisite we will ensure the activities of the faceless criminals are brought under control”
Urasa said many websites and web applications are vulnerable to security threat including the government’s and non- government websites.
Urasa said many websites and web applications are vulnerable to security threat including the government’s and non- government websites.
Through establishment of standard auditing procedures, quick measure of web security would be assessed through testing Web site’s authentication scheme and see how it stands the hacking attacks, he explained.
According to Urasa more than 80 per cent of web sites in Tanzania are at risk of being hacked. Standard auditing would provide the needed awareness against hacking attacks.
He mentioned lack of enough experts in the field, undermining the efforts to prevent websites and web system from hacking attacks
The trainings in Web security for ‘web master, IT managers, IT specialists and web developers would improve their capacity to eliminate security holes from their website and web.
The trainings in Web security for ‘web master, IT managers, IT specialists and web developers would improve their capacity to eliminate security holes from their website and web.
This would help avoid being hacked, and in the process learn how to prevent websites and web system from hacking attacks.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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