Kenya Cyber Security Report 2015 Situational Awareness... regular, repeatable development and communication of the organisation’s knowledge of its people, ICT infrastructure, threats, incidents, and vulnerabilities. professional in establishing cyber security situational conducted a market survey to benchmark the current awareness programs. cyber security practices in Kenya. Security professionals need to focus on establishing cyber From the survey findings, we noted that respondents felt security situational awareness within their respective that most of the cyber security frameworks were global organisations. Situational awareness refers to the regular, in nature and failed to address local situations where repeatable development and communication of the many small organisations have unique information risk organisation’s knowledge of its people, ICT infrastructure, requirements. threats, incidents, and vulnerabilities. This capability focuses on understanding the cyber security posture of the "With evolving and dynamic cyber-attacks, timely sharing of cyber incidents and collaboration between Government and Industry will greatly improve Kenya’s Cybersecurity preparedness" ICT PS Mr. Joseph Tiampati organisation and driving effective decision More than 50% of the participants also showed concern about the budgetary and resource constraints to effectively monitoring their ICT environment. making at all levels. In response to this, we have shared a simplified cyber This year’s report was based on security framework that will enable local organisations to address major cyber security threats efficiently and proactively. feedback from our We are very excited about this years report and we hope it readers. As a will provide you with new insights on the ever-changing result of these cyber security landscape. feedback we William Makatiani 5