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East Africa lacks enough experts to fight cybercrime — report

Lack of experts to tackle sophisticated cyber crimes has been blamed for the increased incidence of cyber attacks in East Africa. PHOTO | FILE

Lack of experts to tackle sophisticated cyber crimes has been blamed for the increased incidence of cyber attacks in the region.

According to Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report 2017, organisations are having perennial challenges fighting cyber-crimes because they are not investing enough funds to contain cyber-attacks.

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