The Computer Emergency Response Team of Mauritius (CERT-MU), operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation of the Republic of Mauritius has launched a Cyber Threat Information Sharing Platform known as MAUSHIELD. It is an automated platform for sharing cyber threat intelligence in a real-time and in a secure and confidential manner. The aim of MAUSHIELD is to facilitate cyber threat information sharing and develop a better understanding of the different techniques that cybercriminals are using to carry out cyber-attacks. This will help organisations to improve on their defense capability and stay on top of current trends and emerging threats.
MAUSHIELD is open to the following national, regional, and international organisations or sectors:
- Public sector organisations
- Critical sectors
- Private sector organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Academia
- Non-profit organisations
Accra, Ghana. The African Forum of Computer Incident Response Teams (AfricaCERT) collaborates with ISC2 to continue empowering more cyber professionals and to touch every aspect of information security in Africa.
More information: Press release
The Africa Computer Emergency Response Team (AfricaCERT) has completed its first annual Drill to test the capability of Computer Security Incident Response Teams in African economies from 30 June – 01 July 2021.
A Coordination team comprised of AfricaCERT, bjCSIRT (Benin), CERT-MU (Mauritius), EGCERT (Egypt), KE-CIRT (Kenya), KEYSTONE (Tunisia), tunCERT (Tunisia) organized the Drill. CERT-MU chaired this 2021 edition; the scenarios were provided by CERT-MU and EGCERT and supported by SILENSEC CYBER RANGE platform.
More information: Media releaseWho are we?
AfricaCERT is the Forum of Computer Security Incident Response Teams and alike organisations covering the Africa Service Regional as defined by AfriNIC. AfricaCERT fosters cooperation and coordination among Incident Response Teams, promote information sharing. AfricaCERT provides the following services:- Capacity building to ensure incident response capability thought awareness creation,education and technical trainings.
- Enabling a community of Security Professionals, Incident Responders, CSIRTs, in Africa that work together in a trusted forum but also. collaborate with others a global level.
- Ensure access to knowledge, tools and standards.
- Opening and maintaining dialogue with other stakeholders in the ecosystem which work affect Incident Response Community especially policy makers.
African Computer Security Incident Response Teams are responding to COVID-19 related cyber threats in Member States and working together to protect African citizens and businesses. During these difficult times, the computer emergency response teams in Africa continuously exchange cybersecurity related information, providing summaries and recommendations on how to face the cyber threats related to the outbreak. Read more…