Kenya Cyber Security Report 2015 Executive Summary The past year was a particularly tough period for local organisations with respect to cyber security. The number of threats and data breaches increased with clear evidence that home-grown cyber criminals are becoming more skilled and targeted. This means that local organisations will continue to lose as they scramble to change their defensive stance. According to the latest internet usage report from (the “internet of things”) Communications Authority of Kenya, there were an will outnumber people by estimated 26.1 million internet users in Kenya as of six to one, transforming December 2014. This is equivalent to 64 percent of the current conceptions country’s total population with access to the internet and of the internet. In the over 70% being below 25 yrs. hyper-connected world of tomorrow, it will Compare this to the number of information technology become hard to imagine and security risk professionals in the Kenyan market. a “non-computer crime,” According to ISACA Kenya, there a total 1,000 certified ICT and perhaps any crime, risk professionals in the market. Which means there is that does not involve approximately 1 security professionals for every 200,000 electronic evidence linked internet users. This is a worrying ratio that needs to with internet protocol (IP) change if we are going to successfully secure the cyber connectivity. versus space in Kenya. At Serianu, we have witnessed the ever-evolving By the year 2017, technology landscape and believe the next twelve months it is estimated will only give cyber criminals more opportunities to mobile broadband infiltrate the networks that store business and consumer subscriptions will data. Considering the vulnerabilities and attacks we have approach 80% seen in the past year, it is clear our exposure is growing. of the country’s The key to protecting data is to develop realistic and total population. By the year 2020, the number of networked devices Certified ICT Risk Professionals in the market prioritized strategies around situational awareness and pro-actively implement them. 8