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CyberDrill 2020: Africa Regional Dialogue

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The Covid-19 pandemic has increased pressure on nations’ ICT systems, at times making them more vulnerable to cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure. The regional dialogues provided the opportunity to representatives of CSIRT/CIRT/CERT from all member states to provide their experience in dealing with cybersecurity issues during the Covid-19 pandemic. This series of events were open to all participants.

REGIONAL DIALOGUE

	Wednesday 23 September 2020		15:00 - 17:00 CEST 13:00 - 15:00 GMT 16:00 - 18:00 Addis Ababa
	Speakers		Live Captioning Archive
	Registration: Regional Dialogues		Remote participation Registered user only

AGENDA & SPEAKERS

Welcome and setting the context

Andrew Rugege, Regional Director, International Telecommunication Union Regional Office for Africa.

Special message

Francisco Fonseca, VP national Cybersecurity, Bitsight: Changes observed during the COVID-19 and the Lockdown. Some data related to the ITU Africa region. - Presentation

Regional trends and priorities in times of COVID-19

Moderator: Serge Valery ZONGO, program officer, ITU regional office for Africa

Mr. Jon France, Head of Industry security, GSMA COVID-19 Mobile Cyber Security & Fraud Threat Observations and Incidents - Presentation

Mr. Jean-Robert Hountomey, Director of AfricaCERT: regional challenges and priority solutions in times of COVID-19

Mr. Amreesh Phokeer, Research Manager at AFRINIC, cybersecurity lessons learn from the COVID-19 pandemic

National experiences and implications for the future related to COVID-19

Moderator: Mrs. Sorene Assefa, Founder and Managing Director at Cyber Czar

Dr. Enrico Calandro, Co-Director of the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)

Mr. Kaleem USMANI, Head CERT- Mu

Mr. Guéric GONÇALVES, Analyste Snr bjCSIRT [ANSSI], Benin - Presentation

Martin KIENDREBEOGO, Directeur de la cybersécurité de la coordination et des relations extérieures, ANSSI- Burkina

Questions and Answers 