Dlamini, IZTaute, BRadebe, J2011-09-222011-09-222011-05Dlamini, IZ, Taute, B and Radebe, J. 2011. Framework for an African policy towards creating cyber security awareness. Proceedings of the first IFIP TC9/TC11 South African Cyber Security Awareness Workshop (SACSAW) 2011, Gaborone, Botswana, 12 May 20119780620500500http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5163Proceedings of the first IFIP TC9/TC11 South African Cyber Security Awareness Workshop (SACSAW) 2011, Gaborone, Botswana, 12 May 2011Cyber security is a GLOBAL issue. The rest of the world needs Africa to be aware and ready. Furthermore, Africa can only be aware and ready if it is internally organised and collaborates effectively with the rest of the world. The African continent consists mostly of developing countries where the needs for cyber security awareness programmes are different from developed countries. Therefore, it makes perfect sense for the continent to cooperate with respect to cyber security joint initiatives and by sharing best practice and skilled resources for cyber security awareness and response. There is currently no continental coordination of cyber security. This paper proposes a high-level African Cyber Security Policy as well as an African Cyber Security Awareness Framework to guide cyber security agencies, standards and legislation as well as specific initiatives to promote cyber security awareness. This is achieved through the analysis of a few Cyber Security Policies from developed countries (USA, UK, Estonia, Korea), identification of African countries that have such policies in place, and identification of the agencies, forums, workgroups, conferences, organisations and other initiatives that are currently dealing with ICT and cyber security policy and awareness in Africa – including ITU, Interpol, AfriNIC, ISG-Africa and country-specific organisations such as Computer Security Incident Response TeamsenCyber securityCyber security awarenessSACSAW 2011Information securityCyber warfareComputer security incident response teamsComputer emergency response teamCyber security policiesConference PresentationDlamini, I., Taute, B., & Radebe, J. (2011). Framework for an African policy towards creating cyber security awareness. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5163Dlamini, IZ, B Taute, and J Radebe. "Framework for an African policy towards creating cyber security awareness." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5163Dlamini I, Taute B, Radebe J, Framework for an African policy towards creating cyber security awareness; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5163 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Dlamini, IZ AU - Taute, B AU - Radebe, J AB - Cyber security is a GLOBAL issue. The rest of the world needs Africa to be aware and ready. Furthermore, Africa can only be aware and ready if it is internally organised and collaborates effectively with the rest of the world. The African continent consists mostly of developing countries where the needs for cyber security awareness programmes are different from developed countries. Therefore, it makes perfect sense for the continent to cooperate with respect to cyber security joint initiatives and by sharing best practice and skilled resources for cyber security awareness and response. There is currently no continental coordination of cyber security. This paper proposes a high-level African Cyber Security Policy as well as an African Cyber Security Awareness Framework to guide cyber security agencies, standards and legislation as well as specific initiatives to promote cyber security awareness. This is achieved through the analysis of a few Cyber Security Policies from developed countries (USA, UK, Estonia, Korea), identification of African countries that have such policies in place, and identification of the agencies, forums, workgroups, conferences, organisations and other initiatives that are currently dealing with ICT and cyber security policy and awareness in Africa – including ITU, Interpol, AfriNIC, ISG-Africa and country-specific organisations such as Computer Security Incident Response Teams DA - 2011-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cyber security KW - Cyber security awareness KW - SACSAW 2011 KW - Information security KW - Cyber warfare KW - Computer security incident response teams KW - Computer emergency response team KW - Cyber security policies LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 9780620500500 T1 - Framework for an African policy towards creating cyber security awareness TI - Framework for an African policy towards creating cyber security awareness UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5163 ER -