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Tanzania to host major Africa's cyber security summit

Xinhua, June 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tanzania is on Thursday expected to host the Africa Cyber Security Summit 2016, bringing on board over 200 experts from across Africa and the world at large.

The summit will provide a platform for experts in the sector to learn and share the best ways to fight against cyber crime.

Organised by Oracle Corporation together with the government of Tanzania, the summit will look deeply into understanding cyber threats and cybercrimes, and how well countries could tackle the issues and at the same time create awareness.

Briefing reporters Tuesday in Dare s Salaam, the acting director of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Dr Shaban Pazi, said the country was honoured to host the summit due to its development in the communication sector.

He noted that global reports indicated a rise in cyber crime, whereby more joint efforts were needed to fight it.

For his part, Vice president Oracle Corporation Janusz Naklicki said that modern technologies had allowed countries worldwide to build networks that rapidly conveyed and exchanged information as well as helped to boost businesses.

"The summit is aimed at creating awareness on what is happening in terms of security and also notifying authorities and responsible leaders of some solutions other people have implemented to secure their businesses," he noted.

Naklicki said the event came at a time when the global cyber crime market was worth a staggering 300 billion U.S. dollars.

"If you look at what has happened in the past six months, either in government or private sector, a lot of people have either been hacked, a lot of systems defaced, a situation which has caused denial of services and, therefore, loses," Naklicki added.

He noted that every year, organizations pour billions of dollars into information security. And like clockwork, every year hackers find new ways to access and steal sensitive data and businesses continue to pose major information security threats. Endit