Nairobi, May 12 -- As countries seek to enhance efficiency by adopting technology and scaling up opportunities in the digital economy, one of the key risks that is emerging is cybersecurity.

There have been growing cases of cyber-attacks, mainly targeting public sector organisations, which are seen as more vulnerable due to the slow pace of building strategies and deploying tools to protect such entities.

Kenya suffered a high-profile cyber-attack on the government's eCitizen platform in July 2023, which saw access to over 5,000 services from ministries, county governments, and agencies paralysed. This tested the cybersecurity and resilience of the rapidly digitalising country, which has also increased reliance on mobile money to pay fo...