Country
Uganda

Source
Article by Institute of Forensic & ICT Security

Title
Cybercrime in Uganda by Paul K

About
Dated approx. 2018 | Covers the Ugandan Legal framework on Cyber Crime | 2011 Computer Misuse act | The Data Protection and Privacy Bill 2015 | Cybercrime in a monetary perspective

Key findings
Uganda has no official document on Uganda national cybersecurity strategy nor centralized budget for cybersecurity | Police Cybercrime unit - established | The Annual Police Report 2013 stated that cybercrime cost Uganda about UGX.18 billion | In 2013 Kaspersky Labs put the figure at UGX. 25 billion | In 2017, cybersecurity researchers revealed that Uganda lost close to UGX. 15 billion ($42m) to cyber criminals in 2017 alone | The Uganda Cyber Security Report also revealed that 90% of Ugandan organisations operate below the cyber security ‘poverty line’ | For an organisation to have in place a semblance of cyber defence they will have to incur costs of UGX. 5,550,000 ($1500) to invest in monitoring, detection and prevention tools

Website
https://www.forensicsinstitute.org/cybercrime-in-uganda/