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The digital is a promising sector for Africa. In the last fews years, the conti-nent has experienced an evolving in insertion less than of 5% in 2007 to 28% in 2015. Providers of progress and jobs, the internet, mobile networks, and communication technologies (ICT) have become very essential for Africa development. This refers to cybercrime.

Those days the continent is threatened by cyber criminal activities. We always wit-ness many attacks of different sites and especially the increasing of 42% of cyber attacks in Africa since 2012 as revealed by the 2013 symentec report like a failure in cyberspace securisation. A digital Security is essential to support digital transfor-mation.

The Africa Cyber Security Conference allows an overview of technological ad-vances, the economic and social challenges associated to these advances and also the security and the preservation of data challenges are both privateand public level. It helps citizens to understand clearly the issues attached to the cybercrime.

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The state of cyber security in Africa: Economic opportunities

and the looming dangers of cyber threats

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The current state of cyber security inAfrica

How to meet the challenges of Cyber Security in Africa?

The threats landscape and the economic opportunities of cyber Security in Africa

How to create an environment of trust and confidence as the engine of thriving digital economy in Africa?

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The state of cyber security in Africa: Economic opportunities and the looming dangers of cyber threats

GENERAL THEME

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The state of cyber security in Africa: Economic opportunities and the looming dangers of cyber threats

| Date : 10 Octobre | Sponsor: African Union Meet the Challenges of Cyber Security in Africa When Everything Becomes Digital

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic Report on Africa (2017), states that "Despite the recent

slowdown in the world economy and the weakening of Africa's economic with what this implies for inclusion

and sustainability, the long-term growth prospects of the continent remain promising. The long-term fundamen-

tals of the economy remain strong, as the rate of growth has everything to gain from the demographic

dividend, as well as from the industrialization and structural transformation program. "

This new Africa, symbolized by the formula "Africa is rising", finds expression in the development of its middle class

and in the rapid adoption of mobile telephony. Here are the data to retain for the African continent:

- Number of Internet users: 362 million (29%)

- Number of social network users: 170 million (14%)

- Number of mobile social network users: 150 million (12%)

In one year, Africa has gained 13 million Internet users, 42 million users of social networks and 48 million

users of social networks on mobile phone.

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The state of the Cyber Security in Africa in a digital worldTHEME 1

Africa is a market that is pursuing his digital transformation. The internet and technologiesinformations and communications are included in the economic activities of the continent witha percentage of 28 of the cyber space penetration in 2015. However this growingopenness in cyberspace promotes the development of cyber criminal activities which constitutea breakout of this digitization. In terms of cyber security, by facing the challenges of its digitaltransformation it remains relevant to highlight the experience of the continent.

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A global view of the landscape of Cyber Security in Africa | Date : 10 October | Sponsor: African Union

1- INTERNET ACCESS IN AFRICA: Before discussing the issue of cyber Security in Africa, it’s necessary to make a

serie of observations on the Connectivity side of the African continent : - Internet penetration rate has reached

29% in 2016 in Africa against 77% in Europe. In view of these findings, the cyber Security problem is secondary for

other African states.

2- CYBERSECURITY STILL RESERVED FROM THREATS

However, beyond these insufficients, there is a digital development in Africa, which relay a holder to the

economic growth. But in africa, as elsewhere, the digital technology development is the synonym of threats

development. Although the level of cyber attacks in Africa has remained limited, the insufficient in fight against

cybercrime make us fear with the cyber criminals actions multiplication at the development of the digital Econ-

omy disadvantages. Concerning cybersecurity the african states actions are still reserved - less than 50% of

African countries have a legislative framework in order to punish cybercrime - weakness of the security provi-

sions is needed to prevent and control the risks - Insufficient of technical expertise in term of cybersecurity - low

number of regional cooperation mechanims.

3- WHAT PERSPECTIVES FOR AFRICA CYBER SECURITY?

The lack of cybersecurity has colossal economic consequences,Traditionnally, africa has a high rate of software

hack. According to a research, the low rate of software hack in the region is about 73%; these recent years it

has evolved a little. The high level of unauthorized software use can aggravate the problems caused by viruses

and malware. Cybercrime causes more than a billion dollars to Africa each year.

It is difficult to measure the extent of cybersecurity challenges. Cybercrime is transnational in nature. Therefore,

the fight against cybercrime requires coordinated and targeted strategies.

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Discussion/interview: ’’Connectivity and cyber security issues in Africa’’

| Date : 10 Octobre | Sponsor : Orange

1- THE ISSUE OF CONNECTIVITY BEFORE CYBERSECURITY:

Africa is a market in a full digital change. A digital revolution is underway. The continent is innovating and the

use of new technologies is widespread.

The first priority for Africa's development is to improve connectivity across the continent; this digital transforma-

tion, due to the digital revolution of uses, exposes us to ever more numerous and dangerous attacks, which

makes cyber security an important business issue, even strategic.

Indeed, cyber security has become among the main news in 2017, the media enthusiasm has made the head-

lines. Cyber-attacks and cybersecurity have attracted the attention of the media on the side of companies and

consumers. They have even been at the heart of the presidential elections in several countries. In this regard, it

could be said that all, even people who have never been connected, were hit by cyber attacks and computer

hacking in 2016.

2- Governments, companies, privates ... The Cyber security concerns all the actors. Is it difficult to explain the

need for general mobilization and "cyber posture" beyond these risks ?

Before, the cyber attacks were only concerned by others ... Today, the awareness is manifesting, in the States,

companies and even the individuals. There is still room for progress. But this awareness is not always followed by

actions as high as the risks and the stakes:

- Policymakers, including politicians men and women, must be the first to be convinced.

- Mobilization also involves the development of an operational or citizen reserve that contributes to cyber securi-

ty by providing its expertise, but also participates in "cyber resilience" through its action within the company. It is

a way of putting citizens back at the center of security and defense.

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The threats landscape and the economic opportunitiesof cyber Security in Africa

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Cyber security and Economy are improving a close relationship. Some digital data are regularly produced by assessing the cyber attacks cost, cyber threats, cybercrime, measuring the negative effects of the economic activity, productivity, and growth phenomenon. The Cybersecurity tends to reduce those risks and the induced effects of cyber attacks by various actors in the society. It is now an industry, which is structured around its products, its services, its markets, its rules.Therefore the challenge is to understand better this economy of cybersecurity, its perspectives impact.

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Business Opportunities: New solutions and innovations to address the specific landscape of African economies| Date : 11/10 October | Sponsor : IBM

Despite real needs, so far few companies have invested in the cyber security market in French-speaking Africa.

however, states, governments, large and medium-sized companies, or individuals, they are all exposed to

cybercrime.

Africa, like other continents, must prepare to face to what is one of the main risks in the 21st century.

- Web sites must be developed with a maximum security requirement,

- training in cyber security needs to be strengthened,

- audits must be encouraged

However, it is true that Africa, a very fragmented continent, is a difficult market to penetrate. Each country,

each sub region has its own specific problems that needs to be understood, even if there are constants on a

continental scale. Provided they can be lifted, these obstacles look like opportunities. We must not hesitate

either to "play collectively", for example by entering into clusters. In long term, it is also necessary to develop a

close relationship to penetrate this fertile but still nascent market. This involves a local presence that requires

significant investments and teams that are both competent and reliable.

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Can Africa become the a leader in cyber security? View points of leaders and technologists

| Date : 11 October | Sponsor : Smart Africa

Africa is a market in a full digital change. A digital revolution is underway. The continent now has nearly 281

million Internet users with an average access rate of just 23%. The negative side of these advances, remarkable

for the rest, lies in the development of cyber criminality which spread is very rapidly on the African continent as

elsewhere.

Still imperfectly apprehended, this represents a major challenge for African countries.

This constitutes a risk but also an opportunity in terms of innovation.

Effectively, While there are relatively few actions initiated to fight cybercrime and cyber-terrorism in Africa , a

few steps have been taken to raise the level of computer security:

• some countries have adapted their legislative framework to fight cybercrime.

• Today, 15 African countries have an operational CERT,

• Some states have already their own anti-cybercrime platform.

• In 2014, the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Protection of Personal Data was signed.

In addition, parastatal structures, such as the DSI Club, composed of government officials, private sector

leaders, academics, that regularly meet to help countries referenced in their digital transition.

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How to meet the challenges of Cyber Security in Africa?THEME 3

The cyber crime constitutes a new infraction form that is relatively developing in relation to the Africa digitalization. It constitutes, today, an undeniable Universal phenomenon that engages the becoming of the cyber space due to its multi-forms and cross-cutting character. So the cyber crime constitutes an important concern for the world but especially in Africa where the digital is one of the pillars of its development.That is why it is therefore imperative that special attention must be given to the urgent measures that need to be implemented in order to prevent or reduce at least the most important systemic risks inherent in cyber crime concerning the continent.

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Cyber Resilience : A fundamental imperative for the E-Gouvernment

| Date : 11 Octobre | Sponsor : SolutechAfrica is a market in a full digital change, which the E-Government constitutes one of the pillars of these innova-

tions. The negative side of these advances lies in the development of cybercrime which spreads very rapidly on

the African continent as elsewhere. This requires the adoption of a holistic approach to cyber resilience and a

traditional view of security.

For West African States, the cost of the cybercrime is not negligible. According to the latest study (2), cyber

crime costs 0.08% of GDP per year in Nigeria. A proportion close to that of France, which accounts for 0.11%.

Face to these attacks, governments must be aware of the issue of cybercrime and the need to face it.

• Cyber security: what level of maturity and awareness for African countries?

• How can the government put in place mechanisms to strengthen cyber resilience?

• Public-private partnership to fight cyber attacks and incidents in Africa, state of play?

• How governments follow the private sector experts in the fight against cybercrime?

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Overcoming the cyber security challenges in Africa: Some initiatives and solutions

| Date : 11/10 October | Sponsor : PWC

Africa faces several challenges related to the Internet: security risk, intellectual property violations and protec-

tion of personal data. Cyber criminals target individuals within and beyond their national borders and African

governments lack of the technical and financial capacity to target and track electronic exchanges deemed

sensitive to the national security. These challenges are:

- Low level of security arrangements necessary to prevent and control technological and information risks.

- Lack of technical know-how in cyber security and inability to monitor and defend national networks, making

African countries vulnerable to cyber espionage and cyber terrorism.

- Inability to put in place the necessary legal frameworks to fight the cybercrime.

- The issues of cyber security are broader than those of national security. However, few major initiatives have

been implemented in Africa in the area of cyber security. While ICTs are hailed as the panacea to Africa's many

problems, cyber security is a crucial issue that needs to be addressed in greater depth.

- There is a need to establish an information society that respects values, rights and freedoms and guarantees,

equal access to information while encouraging the creation of authentic knowledge and building confidence

in the use of ICTs in Africa.

In general, stakeholders, such as ICT regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, justice, IT professionals and

users, are unaware of security issues related to ICT.

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Cybersecurity in Africa: Can we trust digital solutions in Africa? How to create trust in applications and internet technology offerings?

| Date : 12/10 October| Sponsor :VISA1- Make trust and compliance a new success lever for your digital strategy?

The digital wave transformation is unprecedented and the business opportunities have never been so abun-

dant. At the same time, new risks arise and most of the time, the security systems in place are obsolete in the

face of these new threats. 90% of the companies recognize that their defense systems are inadequate. The

costs associated with cybercrime are estimated at 345 billion each year.

A new security approach : Security is not only designed to manage these uncertainties, but also to be in the

center of the digital growth strategy.

- The Digital transition increases risk

The risks of cyber security increase while protection is becoming weak in comparison, because the general

consensus is that the potential benefits exceed the risks.

2- New security challenges in the digital age

While boundaries between the physical and virtual worlds, companies and partners, suppliers and customers

are increasingly blurred, value chains in terms of trust are rapidly evolving. Some years ago, companies have

become accustomed to operate in a "us against others" culture. These borders are fading. Therefore, a holistic

approach is not only necessary, it is also vital.

- Moving from risk-oriented security to business-oriented security

- Risk management must begin with the priorities management

- Consider all ecosystems and value chains

- Moving from reactive security management to preventive and real-time investigations

3- Building trust, taking advantage of opportunities

- Security: think globally, act vertically

The Digital has brought many opportunities for the companies, regardless of their size and their activity sector. It

now plays a fundamental role in modern companies, as it offers new ways of working, standing out from the

competition and to communicate.

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THEME 4

The Africa digital development is a vector of growth and an innovation for the continent. This rise doesnot work without the problems emergence related to the digital security that face the cyber threats progression (Identity theft, software, destabilization, spying, etc. …).The cyber security players of the continent are invited to exchange the digital protected space andtrusted development in order to better protect themselves ..

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Cyber Security in Africa: How to adapt in the absence of expertise

| Date : 11/10 October | Sponsor : Club DSI As organizations migrate to digital, the lack of clean infrastructure and the outsourcing of IT services is a real

security management challenge. At issue, the inability of the RSSI to manage the risk. Five key points to imple-

ment a cyber security policy for organizations that are moving to digital (3).

1- Develop leadership and governance

Improving leadership and governance is probably more important than developing technology tools and skills.

The Decision-making, prioritization, budget allocation, measurement, reporting, transparency and accountabili-

ty are key attributes of an effective program that balances the need to protect and the need to manage the

company.

2- Adapting to evolving threats

The RSSI’s must go beyond the logic of preventing all threats. Difficult to admit, but perfect protection is not possi-

ble. Gartner expects that 60% of cybersecurity budgets in companies will be devoted to early detection of

threats by 2020. This is less than 30% in 2016.

"Organizations need to detect and respond to malicious behaviors and incidents because even the best

preventive controls can not prevent all the incidents. "

3 - Align cyber security with the speed of change of Business

Companies that adopt digital technology are moving at a faster pace than traditional businesses. The RSSI s must

evaluate and transform their programs to become digital business facilitators rather than barriers to innovation.

4- Scan the new contours of cyber security

Before it was perhaps easier to protect the data: they resided exclusively in Data's centers locals. New technolo-

gies are spilling out data now outside, via cloud and mobility. By 2018, 25% of the company's data traffic will

come directly from the mobile to the cloud, by passing the company's security controls. This means addressing

cyber security issues on technologies and assets that they do not own or control.

5- Initiating change of process and management change

With the acceleration caused by the digital technology, the power that technology gives to individuals, we

need to change the behavior and commitment of employees and customers. Cyber security must meet the

needs of people through process changes. A 'people-centric' cyber security approach gives each person great-

er autonomy to use data and digital devices.

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