Daily Recap: 27 November 2013
Wednesday, the 5th day of AFRINIC-19 was governed by Cyber Security. The Africa Computer Emergency Response Team, AfricaCERT held the AfricaCERT day. Panel discussions from a wide array of Cyber Security issues were lined up for the day.
AfricaCERT Day
The AfricaCERT Day was officially launched by Dr. Nii Quaynor, who needs no introduction. In his address to the assistance, Dr. Nii stressed on the need for cooperation and collaboration to promote Cyber Security in Africa. He explained that AfricaCERT is the response to the promotion of Cyber Security in Africa.
The morning sessions focused mainly on reports and updates, with the 2013 AfricaCERT report by Jean Robert, AfriRegister & AfricaCERT: Partnership for a common Agenda by Mouhamet Diop, An introduction to KISA – Korean Internet and Security Agency by Jinsook Kim and a presentation on the AfricaCERT Membership Model Jacques Houngbo, among others.
The afternoon sessions focused mainly on case study presentations, on how some African countries are fighting Cyber Criminality. Colonel Francois Ouedraogo gave us insight on how cyber criminality is handled in Burkina Faso, Abraham Cisse and Papa Gueye talked about the situation in Senegal while the CI-CERT gave an overview of the Ivorian cyber crime fighting process. 
Let’s now take a mid week break from sessions to take a look at some impressions of AFRINIC-19 delegates!
“The RPKI training proved to be excellent, and for us, from the CI-CERT, this came at an ideal moment as we have been tasked by the regulator, the ARTCI to work on implementing RPKI here. We have learned that AFRINIC can help us with this and that’s great news”, Tanoh Jacques, CI-CERT, from Cote D’Ivoire.
“I very much enjoyed the DNS Anycast session, especially with its practical component. I learned a lot of interesting and helpful things. I actually manage the servers at the Omar Bongo University and today, during the practical exercises we realised that there were some shortcomings to the DNS server and now I can use what I have learnt here to improve on my job”, Priscille Njamen Tchuigoua, AFRINIC-19 Fellow from Gabon.
“Brice Abba is an excellent trainer and all the IPv6 courses have been very interesting and helpful. Being a network engineer, I now feel ready to implement an IPv6 network. We also learnt about IP address planning and this is crucial in our area of work”, Christian Rodrigue Koffi, LYAM Expertis, Cote D’Ivoire.
“My first day was tiring but exciting; it started with a hectic flight from Lagos to Accra to Abidjan schedule. The airport pickup was really helpful. Julie, Event Coordinator got me into the meeting seamlessly by connecting me with Brice, Fellow mentor. Brice helped me find my way around, hotel accommodation and sessions to join. I attended the AfricaCERT training at Ibis. It was a training session conducted in English; I found the class resourceful to my pursuit. I learnt a lot about Cyber Security. The meeting has been incredibly fulfilling. The cocktail party was a wonderful and cozy opportunity to interact with other participants.
Second day, I joined the Internet Governance and I found the session useful, my knowledge base IG issues has very much improved improved.”, Benjamin Akinmoyeje, AFRINIC-19 Fellow, Nigeria
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