Country
Kenya

Owner
Ministry of Interior

Initiative
National Police Service (NPS)

Highlights
Established in 2011| One of the police service’s strategic priority areas is the application of ICT to policing work. Cybercrime has been identified as one of the most challenging crime categories for them. Cybercrime is investigated through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. A specialised cyber forensics unit,10 dubbed the cyberspace watchdog,11 states the following as among its functions: | Forensic examination of computers and mobile phones | Maintenance of lab processes, such as acquisition, archiving and analysis| Maintenance of inventories of digital evidence as per standards/ISO | Analysis of deleted and active files; | Location and analysis of data in ambient data sources;| Recovering deleted or encrypted data/emails, SMS, MMS, videos and websites | Uncovering of passwords | Forensic SIM card analysis | Extraction of data from mobile phones| Presentation of expert forensic evidence in court.| Efforts are underway to identify specific nonstate actors who comprise the Committee |The National Police Service is listed as a member of the National KE-CIRT/CC Cybersecurity Committee (NKCC).

Website
http://www.nationalpolice.go.ke/

Contact
Jogoo House 'A', Taifa Road, P.O.Box 44249 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya | +254-020-2221969 | nps@nationalpolice.go.ke