The African workforce needs to hone their skills in key areas such as information security awareness, secure programming and coding, web security development and critical infrastructure risk management.
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Priscilla Mutembwa joins USAFCG as Vice President, Cybersecurity Policy and Development
Ambassador Omar Arouna, Managing Partner of US-Africa Cybersecurity Group, has appointed Priscilla Mutembwa as Vice President, Cybersecurity Policy and Development. Further to the appointment, Ambassador Arouna commented: “I’m delighted that Priscilla Mutembwa is...
CybExer Technologies 2018 Winner of NCIA Defence Innovation Challenge in data visualization category
NATO Communications and Information Agency Agency Announces Winners of Third Annual Defence Innovation Challenge. US-Africa Cybersecurity Group strategic partner "CybExer Technologies has been awarded this highly coveted award in recognition of its revolutionary data...
Washington Forum March 30, 2018: Should Africa be wary of Facebook?
Frank Welffens, Managing Partner at USAFCG, joined the Washington Forum at Voice of America in Washington, DC, and participated in the discussion on information security and Facebook in light of Cambridge Analytica's scandal. NOTE: Media is in French Discussion Topic:...
Building resilient financial, energy, public and private sectors in Africa to prepare for and mitigate cyber threats
Cybersecurity has quickly evolved to organizational challenges that require executive leadership to work with IT professionals and organizations to manage critical infrastructure risks, and build capacity for a resilient “whole of society” workforce part of the financial, energy, public and private sectors, and implement security policies and strategies.
Adopting the best cybersecurity practices and training
Cyber Hygiene e-Learning Course
We have partnered with the leader in Cyber Hygiene training, CYBEXER Technologies, to deliver a state of the art interactive, engaging and effective tool consisting of a training module and two separate test modules to address human risk behaviour in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity Program for the Prevention and Fight against Cybercrime
Strengthening the cybersecurity management capacity of African government agencies. The objective is to establish an integrated, effective and modern national/regional system for the prevention and fight against cybercrime.