A proposed framework to measure growth of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection in Africa

Author

Musarurwa, Alfred ; Jazri, Husin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf., Polytech. of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

fYear

2015

fDate

17-20 May 2015

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

90

Abstract

Historically Africa was associated with a very low broadband penetration rate. At the turn of the millennium, there has been a massive expansion in the penetration rates of seacom cables resulting in an exponential growth on the fixed and mobile broadband in the continent. This paper investigates the effect of the exponential broadband growth on the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) in Africa and proposes a framework that can be used to measure the progress of CIIP and its impact in Africa.

Keywords

broadband networks; computer network security; Africa; CIIP; broadband penetration rate; critical information infrastructure protection; exponential broadband growth; fixed broadband; mobile broadband; seacom cables; Africa; Broadband communication; Computer security; Education; Internet; Mobile communication; Broadband Development in Africa; Critical Information Infrastructure Protection; Critical Infrastructure Protection in Africa; Cyber Security in Africa; ICT Governance in Africa;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Windhoek

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7706-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETNCC.2015.7184813

Filename

7184813