Mustapha B Mugisa, aka Mr Strategy was honoured to speak at the 2024 East African Banking Schools Conference jointly organized by the Banking Institute’s of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Due to demand, we share excerts from his speech, verbatim. “How many of you have connected to the Internet this morning? Now, how many of you used WiFi to connect? And how many of you used the hotel WiFi?” “Many of you, I see. Do you know that when you connect via someone else’s WiFi, especially public networks like in hotels, cafes, or airports, you potentially expose yourself to significant risks?…

Bank of Uganda issued cybersecurity guidelines for supervised financial institutions (SFIs) that came into effect on 1st July 2024. In preparation to the launch of Summit Consulting Ltd’s Project Frontline 2024 that details the state of cybersecurity in Uganda, we will be publishing common methods and schemes hackers use to gain unauthorised access and compromise your security (confidentiality, integrity and availability of data) on a daily basis. If you use any digital device to access the Internet, take time to educate yourself. You will learn how hackers can break into any system and how you could easily become a victim of…