Police and governments around the world need to collaborate more closely to develop the security legislation and training needed to combat a growing tide of cybercrime.
That’s according to Microsoft’s global chief security advisor, Roger Halbheer. He says that most police forces worldwide are wrestling with the enormous challenges of combating cyber security threats in isolation and are not equipped with the expertise they need to fight the problem.
Halbheer has been working with African governments, police and universities in the hope of forging public private partnerships to fight cybercrime and increase the awareness of technology security.
He is collaborating with a number of universities to develop a university level degree in cyber forensics and investigation. The course has already been implemented in several European universities. Egypt’s Cairo University is in the process of putting a degree together for its students.
Halbheer urges SA government to lead the country’s information security market by adopting advancing security technologies such as cloud-based security service. Microsoft is currently looking to roll out cloud-based solutions that give public officials cheap access to advanced applications in a secure manner.
Microsoft SA’s cloud services head, Albie Bester says Microsoft SA is working with data centre and hosting providers such as Vodacom Business, MWeb Business and Global Micro to create cloud-based services for the public sector. — Candice Jones, TechCentral
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