Cyber security awareness - introducing safe cyberl!fe by linda khumalo, alertingsa.

1. Cyber Security Awareness in South Africa –
Introducing SafeCyberL!fe and the human
factor
Mr. Linda Khumalo
5th September 2017
iWeek 2017
Durban
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2. Summary
• Problem Statement
• Risk Configuration
• Ideal Response Configuration
• Joint Response + Activities in the Market
• Major Challenges in Cyber Security
• About SafeCyberL!fe
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3. What is the Internet?
10 normal weeks = 1 Internet
year.
Therefore:
- We can’t take years to
design and implement
industry interventions. We
can take long term views
but with short term
tactics.
- We can’t expect long term
institutions to respond to
short term challenges.

4. Cyber Security Problem Statement
• The World is at War that is taking place in the Cyber Space = Cyber War and every
corner of the world is involved in this Cyber War
• Cyber Criminals use basic loopholes to exploit devices and networks.
• Complex definition of a Cyber Criminal : youngest hacker was 5 years.
• South Africans are involved in this War, unknowingly with the SA Servers being
hacked and Devices used in this War, in form of Botnets.
• Whilst the governments are responding to deal with Cyber Crime, there is still an
opportunity to deal with individuals, empowering them in the personal capacity to
life a SafeCyberL!fe .
• South Africans are ranked third in the World with the largest hacked devices making
South African devices a harvest of Zombie Devices
• South Africa loses at least R5.8bn per annum to Cyber Crime and 8.8m South
African have fallen prey to Cyber Criminals in the past year. More than 3m children
are vulnerable to Cyber Crime with paedophiles masquerading as teenagers online.
• Mauritius is not alone in this challenge with the world needing at least 21m Cyber
Security Professionals to solve the global challenge.
• More than USD500bn is lost to Cyber Crime annually.
• South Africa, like many other countries, will be passing Cyber Security legislation in
2017 (Hopefully).
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5. Cyber Security Risk Configuration
Service
Provider
- Inward focused
- Viewing the user as a
passive participant
User
Aware of the
challenge but
with little real
skills to respond
The Role
of the
State
- Legislation
- Low skills to
respond to Cyber
Crime
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6. Ideal Cyber Security Risk Response
Service
Provider
- Systems Security
- Packaged Solutions for
the users – with Cyber
Security
User
Living a
SafeCyberL!fe
The Role
of the
State
Creating the right
environment and
implement
legislation
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7. Joint Efforts
• Increase awareness of Cyber Security as an
important skill for all citizens of the country
• Ensure that every Law Enforcement Officer in the
country is aware of Cyber Security and Cyber
Crime.
• Regular engagements on the topic of Cyber Crime
and the understanding of the importance of
Cyber security
• Finalisation of the Cyber Security and Cyber
Crime Bill of 2017
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8. Initiatives on the go
Key Development Comment
October • International Cyber Security Month
• National Cyber Security Day – first Thursday of October.
• Awareness campaign within the National ICT Forum in the
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Provincial
Activities
• Gauteng Project with the Department of Community Safety
on Cyber Security.
• Other provinces aware of the challenge and awaiting for
direction from National Government as well as some activity
at provincial level.
Local
Government
• No action noted so far
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9. Major Challenges towards Cyber Security Awareness
• Viewing the user/client as the Passive Participant in Cyber Security
• Dangerous terminology – e.g. Hackathon…
• Lack of official statistics on Cyber Crime – different versions
• Slow response to an urgent situation, with some late interventions
• Basic technology crime going unpunished e.g. selling of RICAd SIM Cards.
• Decision Making processes in the country are not ready for the Cyber
Crime challenges.
• Technophobia by the leadership + Born Before Technology (BBT) Syndrome
• Comfort Zone mentality
• Long term mentality on technology phases that are short term. Internet
year = 10 weeks and getting shorter.
• Exclusion of critical players (youth + law enforcement stakeholders) in the
main value chain.
• Low Prioritisation of technology decisions – eStrategy is the decision of
leadership and not of the IT Department.

10. SafeCyberL!fe Campaign Elements
• SafeCyberL!fe Seminars for Law Enforcement Stakeholders
• Online and Media Campaign
• SafeCyberL!fe Campaign in the communities.
• Development of SafeCyberL!fe Campaign Agents within the
Youth, in partnership with the South African Digital Content
Organisation, 100 000 Community Based Cyber Security
cadets by June 2018
• SafeCyberL!fe activities in communities:
– Events at town halls, Schools, Police Stations, etc…
– Events at other strategic locations to be selected with the government
– Infusion of SafeCyberL!fe with CSI projects by the corporates.
• Packaging SafeCyberL!fe service for service providers
– New Revenue opportunities for the Service Providers
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11. Contacts
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Mr Linda Khumalo, CEO
AlertingSA | 1st Floor | Fortune Kunene House
261 Oxford Road | Illovo| Gauteng| South Africa|
mobile: +27 84 819 8601 | +27 11 442 5605 |
email: linda@alertingsa.co.za | www.SafeCyberL!fe .com