Mwende Njiraini's Blog (4)

In Africa Group A of the IGCBP10 there was general consensus that there should be measures to mitigate risks associated with disruptions on Internet cables.

One of the participants stated that it was important to understand the problem first in order to establish appropriate countermeasures. Consequently, individual causes of disruption of internet cables would have different solutions. Some of the examples of disruptions include those caused by "acts of God", caused

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The East African IGF is currently on going. We are currently using twitter for live updates Follow me @njiraini Continue

I am looking for information that would be useful in setting up a National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)or Computer Security Incidence Response Team (CSIRT). Specifically I am interested in learning from country experiences, the legal basis, financing, technical and operational considerations, etc. Continue

Dear Colleagues Please be advised that AfriNIC is offering several fellowships to attend AfriNIC-10 which will take place 10-22 May, 2009, Cairo, Egypt (back-to-back with AfNOG-10). The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organizations, universities, and journalists who are activity involved in Internet development in the African Region or ICT Policy in their countries and respective communities, who can positively and actively contribute to IP address management awarenes… Continue