Kenya Cyber Security Report 2015
2015 Kenya Cyber Security Survey
The purpose of the 2015 Kenya Cyber Security
Survey was to explore and identify the needs of
Kenyan businesses and to find out what they see
as the potential cyber security threats both now
and in the future. As perceived threats may be different
from real threats, it is important to try to correlate local
organisations’ experiences of cybercrime with the situation as
reflected in current reports and analyses.
Key Survey Findings
About the Report
This survey report was prepared based on data collected
from a survey of 275 organisations in Kenya. This
includes 175 technical respondents (predominantly chief
information officers, chief information security officers,
IT managers and IT directors) and 100 non-technical
respondents (procurement managers, senior executives,
board members, finance professionals and office
managers). The survey measures the challenges facing
Kenyan organisations and the security awareness and
expectations of their employees.
Summary of Findings
implemented proper security precautions, technology
and training. The security measures most often reported
as being implemented by IT practitioners are perimeter
systems like firewalls and anti-viruses.
In Manufacturing and Government sectors, respondents
say there is either no or some level of cyber security
controls. Respondents in these industries report that
firewalls are the main security measures in place to
prevent targeted attacks. This is followed by anti-virus
technology.
Cybercrime was seen by survey respondents as a problem
rooted primarily in economic interests and in technology.
Most respondents believe criminals are increasingly
targeting their organisations, however, many report that
One of the findings of the survey was that most
their organisations do not have enough staff and security
respondents consider “better education of users of the
expertise dedicated to information security.
Internet” as the single most important topic that should
be researched in order to make the Internet a safer place
The majority of respondents say their organisations are
(35% of respondents).
increasingly becoming concerned and have partially
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