“Our systems are very secure. We cannot be hacked. We lose 0% of our annual revenue to fraud and cybersecurity annually.” These are some of the common assurances many leaders get. However, without ongoing cybersecurity awareness efforts, and independent cybersecurity tests (both black box and white box penetration testing), such assurances may be misleading and could land the organization into disaster. If you are not yet hacked, it is because no one is interested in hacking you yet. But that does not mean that you are secure. As part of our corporate social investment, Summit Consulting in partnership with the…
Best of WhatsApp: Covidex Could Accidentally Champion Dev’t In Uganda
Omongole R Anguria. Listening to Prof. Ogwang Patrick Engeu on the Capital Fm Radio Program, Desert Island, left me nearly in tears. While the COVIDEX story was both sad and exciting at the same time, it didn’t catch much of my attention, maybe because I was fairly an insider as a legal adviser and behind the scenes’ connector ‘with some political heavyweights, giving contacts here and there! However keenly listening to Professor Ogwang this evening, one simple thing caught my attention that hadn’t come to my knowledge despite being somewhat an insider from an outside perspective of some inside workings.…
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Best Of WhatsApp: Covid19 is an invisible army
This article is attributed to HE YK Museveni. It is a good read. “In a war situation, nobody asks anyone to stay indoors. You stay indoors by choice. In fact, if you have a basement, you hide there for as long as hostilities persist. During a war, you don’t insist on your freedom. You willingly give it up in exchange for survival. During a war, you don’t complain of hunger. You bear hunger and pray that you live to eat again During a war, you don’t argue about opening your business. You close your shop (if you have the time),…
The best of WhatsApp: COVID19 care and treatment key facts
Dear kinsmen and kinswomen, Praise be to God Almighty who has kept us alive amidst this raging covid-19 pandemic. On a sad note, I commiserate with those who’ve lost their loved ones or friends to this invisible enemy. Its tough.In addition, I pray for quick recovery for the sick and patience for those taking care of their loved ones. Covid-19 has brought to surface the long standing challenge of high cost of healthcare in Uganda. For the last 20 years, since abolition of user fees in public hospitals, discusssions have been ongoing on how to bring down the cost of…
Case Name 01/2021: Intellectual Property Crimes
The increasing uptake of virtual working and service delivery has created opportunities and challenges for all. For the cybercriminals, more doors and attack vectors have been opened. At Summit Consulting Ltd and the Institute of Forensics & ICT Security, we shall be highlighting some of the common cybercrime cases to watch out for. Due to client confidentiality, we shall use pseudo names and make references to international cases, where possible. In the following cybercrime series, we shall highlight actual cases with real victims. In this first case, we highlight how cybercriminals steal intellectual property and monetize it. According to the…
