Monthly Archives: March 2018

EGYPT LAUNCHES NEW DIGITAL FORENSICS LAB



IN BRIEF: The Government of Egypt has announced that it is setting up a specialized digital forensic lab for Intellectual Property as part of its enforcement schemes of combating software piracy.

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The new lab, the first of its kind in the MENA region, is mainly designed to resolve business software and internet-based piracy cases. It authentically recovers data from digital devices and unearths new fraud techniques.


The latest measures applied aim to enhance the investigative capabilities and ease the digital forensic evidence acquisition, analysis, and reporting.


The cutting-edge techniques and latest technologies employed in the lab devise a road-map for judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. The practiced procedures enable them to distinguish the counterfeit products from the genuine and manage the intellectual property and digital piracy issues at hand.

The Information Technology Industry Development Agency – developing the IT industry in Egypt, hosts the lab at its premises. The agency is the executive IT arm of the Egyptian ICT ministry to enforce IPR related to software products and databases.

“Over the last couple of years, ITIDA’s IPR office has undertaken comprehensive actions to increase IP enforcement with all the stakeholders like the economic courts; i.e., judges and prosecutors, police officers, and copyright owners," said Dr. Mohamed Hegazy, Egypt’s IPR Office Manager.

Aiming at developing the necessary skills, the fully dedicated IPR office has delivered extensive training and capacity-building programs in legal, technical and practical aspects during 2017 to more than 900 police officers, 97 journalists from the National Broadcasting Authority, 125 employees from different software companies, in addition to 473 judges and prosecutors in the economic courts.



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UPDATES: I took part to the concluded Intelligence strategies & crime prevention for law enforcers meeting held in South Africa - Among others, I emphasized on search warrant, Chain of custody, to document everything during forensics investigation & Proper handling of Digital evidences
Digital evidence, by its very nature, is fragile and can be altered, damaged, or destroyed by improper handling or examination - this may render it unusable or lead to an inaccurate conclusion.
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“We are committed to sustaining our success in combating IP infringement and expanding IP rights. The launch of this lab enables us to achieve our targets”. “Only in 2017, we have delivered technical expertise reports of 96 cases to the economic courts, registered 203 computer software programs and issued 267 licenses for the first time.”, Hegazy added.

According to the latest BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study in 2016, the Egyptian piracy rate reached 61%, a ratio lower than most of competing countries and leading global outsourcing locations including Morocco (65 percent), the Philippines (67 percent) and Vietnam (78 percent).

The Cabinet is preparing a data protection and privacy law draft. It has already agreed on cyber-crime law and awaits the Parliament’s approval to be enacted, according to Egypt’s state media.

Egypt is currently undergoing an unprecedented phase of development in all fields, which is largely attributed to sound policies, monetary reforms, and global partnerships.

With the sustained momentum that Egypt is gaining in the area of tech innovation and startups ecosystem maturity, the Egyptian government represented by the Ministry of ICT has put its free and open software strategy into action in 2016.

The newly adopted policy represents a paradigm shift in intellectual property rules as it provides an alternate software-licensing model while developing a healthy eco-system for software production and innovation.

How to evaluate and select the best encryption services

How to evaluate and select the best encryption services

Encryption is necessary after all, so the only discussions about this technology and these services should be about choosing a solution.

When to comes to truly protecting data, encryption is a no-brainer. In fact, some industry regulations require that businesses and associations encrypt specific information. Health care is a great example of this, but organizations in all sectors have a responsibility to protect their customer and client information, whether it's personally identifiable information or an email between colleagues.

The Myth of “Staying One Step Ahead of the Hackers”

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The assumption that software security can stay ahead of the hackers is not true because the software security industry is always reacting to threats that hackers expose. Once hackers start exploiting a flaw in an application, security companies try to block the resulting threat by providing security updates for existing software or by developing new programs. Either way, hackers will be one step ahead because the software security industry can’t predict what new threats the hackers will unleash.

URUSI YAKANA KUISHAMBULIA KIMTANDAO UJERUMANI



KWA UFUPI: Mifumo ya kimtandao katika baadhi ya wizara za serikali ya Ujerumani ilikumbwa na udukuzi uliopelekea kuibiwa kwa taarifa kadhaa huku baadhi ya vyombo vya habari vimeishutumu Urusi dhidi ya shambulizi hilo la kimtandao. Nae waziri wa Ujerumani wa maswala ya uchumi akieleza hawana uhakika kua Urusi imehusika na shambulizi hilo. Aidha, Urusi  imekana kuhusika na shambulizi hilo.
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Mataifa makubwa yenye uwezo wa kimtandao yamekua yakishutumiana panapo tokea mashambulizi mtandao kwenye mataifa hayo. Urusi, Uchina na Korea ya Kaskazini wamekua wakishtumiwa Zaidi na mataifa ya Ulaya na marekani.

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TAARIFA: Tume ya TEHAMA ya nchini Tanzania imekaa kikao chake cha kwanza mahsusi kujadili maswala ya usalama mtandao Nchini ambapo mengi yalipata kuangaziwa na lengo kuu limekua ni kuhakiki tunapata taifa salama kimtandao.
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Ujerumani Hivi karibuni imekumbwa na shambulizi mtandao katika wizara zake mbili hadi sasa ambao umepelekea taarifa kadhaa za wizara hizo kupotelea mikononi mwa wahalifu mtandao.


Wabunge wa Ujerumani wametupia lawama serikali kwa kutokuwaambia kuhusu mashambulizi hayo ya mtandaoni huku kamati ya masuala ya dijitali ya bunge la Ujerumani ikiketi kwa dharura kwa madhumuni ya kuipitia taarifa juu ya udukuzi huo ulio gundulika Mwishoni mwa mwezi Februari mwaka huu wa 2018.

Mmoja wa wajumbe wa kamati ya digitali – Anke Domscheit-Berg, kutokea chama cha mrengo wa kushoto, Die Linke ame eleza ya kua serikali ya ujerumani ilipaswa kujua mashambulizi hayo ya kimtandao mapema na kuyadhibiti.



Shirika la habari la Ujerumani, DPA, lilivinukuu vyanzo vya usalama ambavyo havikutajwa majina vikisema kwamba kundi la APT28 la Urusi lilidukuwa mifumo ya mawasiliano ya wizara za mambo ya nje na ndani za Ujerumani na kufanikiwa kuiba taarifa.

Shirika hilo linasema kuwa mashambulizi hayo yaligunduliwa mwezi Disemba mwaka jana na inawezekana yalikuwa yakiendelea kwa mwaka mzima.

Thomas de Maiziere.
Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani wa Ujerumani
Kufuatia ripoti hiyo, wizara ya mambo ya ndani ilithibitisha kudukuliwa kwa kompyuta za serikali kuu ya shirikisho, ikisema kuwa mashambulizi hayo yalifanyika kwenye masuala yasiyohusiana na siri za serikali na kwamba yalidhibitiwa.

Hata hivyo, msemaji wa wizara hiyo hakuweza kutoa undani zaidi wa suala hili, akisema limo kwenye uchunguzi na kwamba hatua za kiusalama zinaendelea kuchukuliwa.

Lakini kwa mujibu wa vyombo vya habari vya Ujerumani, udukuzi uliachiwa kuendelea hadi Februari 28 ya mwaka huu wa 2018 ili wachunguzi wakusanye taarifa kuhusiana na upana, malengo na watendani wenyewe.

"Ikithibitika kuwa ni kweli, hivi vitakuwa ni aina ya vita dhidi ya Ujerumani," alisema mkuu wa kamati ya masuala ya dijitali ya bunge la Ujerumani, Dieter Janacek, kutoka chama cha walinzi wa mazigira, Die Grüne, kwa mujibu wa gazeti la Berliner Zeitung.
Janacek aliyataja mashambulizi hayo kubwa ni mabaya kabisa, na ametoa wito kwa serikali kuzifikisha taarifa zote ilizonazo bungeni.

Vikao vya kwanza vya Usalama Mtandao vilivyo andaliwa na Tume ya TEHAMA Nchini Tanzania 

Alipoulizwa endapo mashambulizi hayo yalifanywa na kundi linaloungwa mkono na Urusi, mbunge kutokea muungano wa CDU/CSU wa Kansela Angela Merkel, aliutetea mkakati wa serikali kuzuia taarifa. Stephan Mayer kutoka chama cha CSU alisema "uchunguzi kamili na wa kina" ulikuwa unahitajika "lakini sio wa kuwekwa hadharani." Mbunge huyo aliongeza kuwa "kuwadhania vibaya wengine hakuwezi kuusaidia uchunguzi huo".

Kundi la APT28 au wakati mwengine huitwa Fancy Bear, ambalo linahusishwa na idara ya ujasusi kwenye jeshi la Urusi, limewahi kutajwa kuhusika na mashambulizi  ya mtandaoni dhidi ya Bunge la Ujerumani mwaka 2015 na pia ofisi za Jumuiya ya Kujihami ya NATO na serikali za mashariki mwa Ulaya.

Brigitte Zypries
Waziri wa Nishati na Uchumi
Ujerumani.
Tayari waziri wa nishati na uchumi wa Ujerumani Mh. Brigitte Zypries amezungumzia shambulizi hili na kueleza yakua hakuna Ushahidi unaothibitisha ya kua Urusi ndio imehusika.

Aidha, Urusi nayo imekana kuhusika na shambulizi hilo.