Deputy Directors from Kenyan Ministry of ICT and ICT Authority along with INTERPOL's Director of Cybercrime to speak at CyFrica 2022
2022年5月17日 - 4:09PM
JCN Newswire
As the pursuit for a robust African cybersecurity landscape
gathers momentum, Tradepass has taken the initiative to host the
4th edition CyFrica at The Kenyatta International Convention Centre
(KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya on 28-29 June 2022.
To ensure the summit has the right guidance and attracts the right
set of faculties, CyFrica 2022 now has Deputy Directors from the
Ministry of ICT - Kenya and ICT Authority - Kenya, Timothy Were and
Philip Irode respectively as part of its Advisory Board.
The summit aims to attract 1500+ pre-qualified cybersecurity
experts (in-person & virtual) including the Heads of
Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Forensics and Cyber Law
from the leading public and private enterprises across Africa.
In an interview preceding the summit, Timothy Were (Deputy
Director, Ministry of ICT - Kenya) stated his thoughts when asked
about the reason behind majority of the African companies still not
taking a major step to improve their cyber-defense, he expressed,
"Ignorance, fear of exposure that could decrease customer and
regulator confidence in the firms and not being alive to the fact
that the ground is changing could be some of the reasons why firms
are not improving their defense."
He also added, "I would like to welcome each and every one of you
to the CyFrica 4th edition, Karibu Kenya."
Top renowned organizations like KnowBe4, Uniken, Gigamon, Plena
Solutions Ltd., Wallix, Kaspersky, Acronis, IronTree and
ManageEngine will be the face of the event as they will have their
own exclusive exhibition booths to showcase their cutting-edge
security solutions.
Fiona Konchellah (VP of Sales - Africa, Uniken) expressed her
excitement for the summit, she said, "I'm thrilled to be a part of
CyFrica 2022, alongside some of the top cybersecurity experts. I'm
looking forward to discussions on Africa's rapidly growing
cybersecurity market, as well as sharing and learning best
practices to ensure a safer Africa."
She further added, "Now more than ever, it is crucial that we work
together to identify and tackle cybersecurity threats in order to
bring Africa's digitization initiatives and aspirations to
fruition."
While talking about the state of Africa's cybersecurity, Anna
Collard (SVP Content Strategy & Evangelist, KnowBe4) mentioned,
"According to KnowBe4's African Cybersecurity Awareness survey
released in early 2022, 54% of respondents did not know what a
ransomware attack is and 34% have lost money because they fell
victim to a scam. To ensure Africa's people benefit from the
increasing digitisation public and private sectors need to do more
to raise consumer awareness around cybersecurity and threats and
build a security culture within their own organisations."
The summit will power two knowledge-packed days filled with
insightful presentations on the most pressing industry topics, deep
dive panel discussions with the leading thought leaders, live
showcase of the best cybersecurity solutions and abundant
networking opportunities.
The confirmed speakers for the summit include Timothy Were - Deputy
Director, Ministry of ICT Kenya; Philip Irode - Deputy Director,
ICT Authority, Kenya; Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola - Chair, African Union
Cyber Security Expert Group (AUCSEG) Nigeria; Neil Walsh -
Ambassador & Regional Representative to Eastern Africa, United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Kenya; Cyrus Kamau - CIO,
National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation
(NACOSTI) Kenya; Bonface Asiligwa - CISO, KENTRADE Kenya; CRAIG
JONES, Director of Cybercrime, INTERPOL; Laura Temesi - Head Cyber
Partnerships and Communication, Standard Chartered Kenya; Ishaaq
Jacobs - CISO, Sasol South Africa; Kabuthia Riunge - CISO, KCB
Group PLC Kenya; Thelma Kganakga - CISO, Equity Bank Kenya; Amenyo
Lotsu - CISO, ARB Apex Bank Ghana; Zechariah Akinpelu - CISO, Unity
Bank Nigeria; Tim Theuri - Executive Head of Cybersecurity, M-Pesa
Africa, Kenya; Cynthia K - Information Security Lead, GE Kenya;
Stephen Obare - CIO, National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Kenya;
George Ochola - Head Information Technology Security, National Bank
of Kenya; Bernard Ambaka - CSO, Kenya Power; and Simion Rutto -
Group Head of Forensics and Security Services, Britam Kenya.
Vijay Babber (Senior Channel Manager MEA, Gigamon) expressed his
excitement for the summit, and whilst talking about the state of
Africa's cybersecurity in a hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure
he said, "Gigamon is excited to be participating in person in this
year's Cyfrica event. We are seeing more and more companies' cloud
migration strategies accelerating, with hybrid cloud becoming the
de-facto standard. The need to protect and secure hybrid cloud
networks from cyber-attacks has become mission critical. When
deploying applications into the public cloud, the security model
becomes more nuanced, bringing on-board many challenges. With
Gigamons Deep Observability Pipeline we overcome many if not all
these challenges by providing access to all the data that we broker
to the security tools, any source any destination. Our team will be
happy to discuss the challenges and how Gigamon can help. We look
forward to meeting you during the event."
Organizer and CEO of Tradepass, Sudhir Jena expressed, "We feel
extremely privileged to have Timothy Were and Philip Irode, the
Deputy Directors from Kenyan Ministry of ICT and ICT Authority, as
the Advisory Board Members for CyFrica 2022. Their involvement will
not only aid us in expanding the participation for the summit but
will also help in catering to many different sectors from the
continent and foster the right collaborations for a better cyber
landscape."
For more information about the event, log on to:
https://cyfricasummit.com/
About Tradepass
Providing access to the global emerging markets, Tradepass brings
together people, products and solutions to power events for
unparalleled business and networking opportunities. Being the most
accredited event company, it helps organizations: enter new
markets, grow sales pipeline, close prospects, raise capital and
identify the right solution-providers.
As a deal facilitator, Tradepass is always determined about
exposing the most agile liquid growth markets, to enable all-round
scalability and growth.
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