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Regional Information Security Consultative Forum
Kampala, Uganda, 27 - 28 April 2006

The East African Community (EAC) convened two consultative workshops on Cyber laws and e-Justice and on Information Security from 25 - 28 April 2006 in Kampala, Uganda. The workshops were organized as a follow-up to the recommendation of the second e-Government stakeholders meeting held in June 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya, where cyber laws and e-Justice were identified as key cross-cutting issues that need to be in place for the successful implementation of e-Government applications in East Africa. This page contains the presentations from the Regional Information Security Consultative Forum.

Presentations:

Welcome Remarks, Enock Yonazi, Engineer Planner/Co-ordinator, eGovernment Initiative, East African Community

Statement from Canadian Government, Jacques Bouchard, Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre

Remarks by UNECA, Mohamed Timoulali, ICT Advisor, ECA

Remarks from Ministry of Works, Housing and Communication, Dr. David Turahi, Asst. Commissioner (Communications) MoWHC

Official Opening, Hon. Dr. Nsaba Buturo, (MP), Minister of State for Information

Status of Information Security in Uganda, Constantine Bitwiyiki, Director, Research, Innovation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Uganda National Planning Authority

Status of Information Security in Kenya, Andrew Gakiria, Information Security Analyst, Directorate of e-Government, Kenya

Status of Information Security in Tanzania, Paul Koyi, Agumba Computers, Tanzania

PKI Policy Framework and Business Challenges – Lessons Learnt, Imran Mirza, Senior Director, Infrastructure Services, Information Technology Branch, Public Works Government Services Canada

Legal Issues around PKI, Rhonda Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice, Government of Canada

Towards a Regional PKI Framework, Julius Torach, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda

Information Security Management System, Andrew Gakiria, Information Security Analyst, Directorate of e-Government, Kenya

Proposed Regional Information Security Framework, Hans Peter, Consultant, Agumba Computers, Tanzania and Michael Bitz, Independent Consultant, eSecurity

Links:

EAC holds workshops on Cyber Laws and e-Justice, and Information Security

Cyber Laws and E-Justice Stakeholders Consultative Workshop, Kampala, Uganda, 25 - 26 April 2006

EAC:The East Africa Regional E-Government Strategy Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 29th September – 1st October 2004

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