Forensics lab for computer crime opened in Kampala

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Forensics-lab-for-computer-crime-opened-in-Kampala/-/688334/1716526/-/1590cm1z/-/index.html

By Stephen Otage
Daily Monitor
March 11, 2013

With computer aided theft now becoming rampant in the country, a private 
hacking forensics consulting company has opened a laboratory to train Ugandans 
in cyber security.

According to Mr Mustapha Mugisa, one of the consultants at Summit Consulting, 
their forensics laboratory will give Ugandans world class specialised training 
that otherwise would have required them to go and get it from the US.

They have partnered with the International Council of Electronic Commerce 
Consultants, the owners and creators of the famous Certified Ethical hacker and 
Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator.

This follows reports that there is still very little knowledge about computer 
security among computer users in Uganda, a loophole hackers have taken 
advantage of to hack into government websites, data bases, banks, mobile 
telecommunication companies as well as individuals to steal vital information 
that has led to theft of colossal sums of money.

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