CYBERSECURITY

Tough laws on cyber crime needed to protect private info

Kenyans' Huduma Namba and Census details should be kept secure and confidential

In Summary

• Clients continue to give away personal data when accessing different services yet have no surety if their information details will be kept secure. 

• A data breach at a government agency can put top secrets into the hands of the state's enemies.

Cybersecurity
DATA PRIVACY: Cybersecurity
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The state has to innovate data security measures that will protect citizens from any form of cyberbullying.

This follows shocking relegations that cybersecurity threats have increased. These concerns appear to have raised an alarm about data protection, privacy and online security.

Clients continue to give away personal data when accessing different services yet have no surety if their information details will be kept secure. For instance, a data breach at a government agency can put top secrets into the hands of the state’s enemies.

The government should come up with a law on data protection. Needless to say, Kenyans’ Huduma Namba and Census details should be kept secure and confidential, the government promised us that much.

Mombasa 

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