Early security incident response teams often feel the need to replicate operations or approaches from other parts of the world instead of looking for homegrown solutions first. 

At the international level, much of information security operations are not standardized. While there are specification standards for technologies such as encryption and some sector specific requirements, cyber security does not have the level of standardization and regulation seen in other sectors yet. Much of the cyber security work today is done differently from organization to organization.

Read more: Getting Cyber Capacity Right

ICANN has initiated an in-depth study of the DNS ecosystem in Africa.

The study will identify the strengths and weaknesses in the DNS system in each country in Africa and will develop recommendations on how to advance the industry and bring it closer to the opportunities available. In simple words, to study the industry and then to advise how the industry can profitably grow. ICANN has engaged the Southern African Communications Forum (SACF) to carry out the study. They in turn, have assembled a team with deep experience of the African Internet environment.

In order to make this baseline study a success, we will require your input as set out below. This will help us to help you expand the domain name market in Africa for our collective benefit. 

Read more: Baseline Market Study on Domain Names in Africa

The AFRINIC IPv6 and INRM Training was a resounding success in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Twenty people mainly from Internet Service Providers and datacenter operators attended the training. 

Running from 5 - 8 July 2016, the training sessions were conducted at the COZA House Gazelle Close Corporate Park Midrand.

We wish to extend our appreciation to Teraco and Workonline Communications for hosting this event.

AFRINIC's training programme aims to help network engineers in Africa better plan and manage Internet Number resources and IPv6 networks.

Read more on AFRINIC Trainings. 

You can see more of the event from the storify below.

Read more: Successful Conclusion of AFRINIC Training in Johannesburg South Africa

During the recent AIS'16, we met with Catherine Niwagaba a Systems Engineer from Uganda who shared with us how her career path took an unexpected turn a few years ago and her thoughts on women in the ICT sector in Uganda.

"My dream was to pursue a degree in Medicine," explained Catherine. "However, I had a backup plan for the Advanced Level Secondary stage of my education, just in case my grades were not sufficient to get me into the School of Medicine. I studied both Biology and Chemistry but also added Physics and Mathematics. That subject combination could get me into either Medicine or Engineering. I failed to get to School of Medicine by a very small margin. A friend of mine then advised me to try Computer Science which, back then, was a relatively new course but promised many exciting opportunities in future. I took her advice and I've never looked back since."

Read more: Focus on Women in ICT: Uganda