Other Research Assessment

Country
Uganda

Source
Article by The Observer - Uganda

Title
Uganda loses Shs 122bn annually to cyber attacks, says report. August 18, 2017. Written by JONATHAN KAMOGA

About
Dated 18 Aug 2017 - discusses the Serianu 2016 African Cyber Security report.

Key findings
Insiders are a bigger security threat compared to outsiders for African organisations | Uganda has three cyber space laws to govern fraud online but these are difficult to implement and they are not known by the public. The laws include the Electronic Transaction Act, Computer Misuse Act and the Electronic Signatures Act. | the problem of jurisdiction, where a cyber-crime may be committed online in Uganda and the criminal is in another country.

Website
https://observer.ug/news/headlines/54458-uganda-loses-shs-122bn-annually-to-cyber-attacks-says-report.html