Cyber Criminality: Cameroon, Partners Tackle The Growing Threat

A Cape Verde-based firm, Competences Lda, is organising a workshop in the capital, Yaounde, from Monday, September 26, 2016, for national security officials.

Cyber crimes have been on the increase over the years in Cameroon, taking on international proportions. As part of efforts to combat this ever-growing threat - which does not only tarnish the image of the country, but also deprives many of their hard-earned earnings - the authorities and partners have been sensitising the public. It is in this light that a Cape Verde-based firm, Competences Lda, will as from Monday, September 26, 2016, hold a training in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, for security and other national stakeholders.  

According to a release from Competences LDA, the workshop at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel in partnership with Microsoft will see the participation of police, gendarmerie and customs officers. The awareness-building technical workshop will cover issues of cyber security and the fight against cyber crime. Organisers say workshop participants will be trained on topics such as the challenges of cyber crime, terrorist recruitment and propaganda on social networks, the establishment and organisation of a fighting service against cyber crime, and analyses of big data and crime (forensics.)

The workshop will be an opportunity for part...