Country
Uganda

Source
Report by Serianu

Title
2018 - Africa Cyber Security Report - Uganda - Cyber Security Skills Gap

About
Dated 2018 | 76 pages in total | Report contains content from a variety of sources and covers highly critical topics in cyber intelligence, cyber security trends, industry risk ranking and Cyber security skills gap | Survey Analysis at p20.

Key findings
3 critical issues organisations are grappling with: Cyber Understanding is the process of continuously monitoring and detecting network activities to better understand active threats in the environment. | Cyber Attribution is the process of examining forensic evidence and identifying the actual/real perpetrators of an cyber criminal activity. | Cyber Deterrence refers to the process of discouraging cyber criminals from carrying our cyber attacks through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences. | 2018 Highlights : 400 Cyber Security Skilled Professionals in Uganda | Skills shortage at senior management | 70% of Companies to face talent shortage of Cybersecurity professionals in 2019 | Constraint when recruiting Cybersecurity professionals - Lack of solid experience / High renumeration rates. | Increase in organisational spend in cybersecurity in 2017 to 2018; 25% of respondents spend above $10000 | $52m Cost of Cybercrime in Uganda; most affected industries (1) Banking (2) Financial Services Integrators (3) Microfinance (4) Financial Institutions and Service Providers (5) Government. | 15% Increase in reported Cyber crime incidents to the police | 5% increase in successfully prosecuted Cyber crimes | Locally engineered malwares are on the rise | Increased targeted ATM attacks | Increased Targeted Phishing Attacks | 50% Increased involvement of Board members on matters cybersecurity.

Website
https://www.serianu.com/downloads/UgandaCyberSecurityReport2018.pdf