Kigali- IT experts learn more about DNSSEC

Even if the cyber security concerns are not as predominant in Rwanda as it is in the developed countries, different public and private  institutions have raised their concerns about  how to protect the newly acquired internet domain names against all kind of cyber space malfunctions.

It is in this angle that Rwandan Information Communication and Technology Association ( RICTA) in collaboration with the ICANN,  an worldly qualified company in cyber space have launched a workshop which aims at increasing the awareness on cyber security issues especially the ones related to DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions).

This workshop brings together different  IT managers in both private and public institutions, banks, medical centers, among other institutions to equip them with necessary knowledge and skills to  secure the domain names.

Ghislain Nkeramugaba, who heads the  Rwanda, Information, Communication and Technology Association (RICTA) told the gathering that the aim of this workshop is to provide the IT staff with relevant and up-to-date skills to protect the internet domain names called RW, specifically .

Being equipped with  such knowledge requires a lot of training and experience according to Willy Liambi who is part of the IT professionals who developed such tools to protect domain names.

The DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) is a technique that is used to protect the newly created domain names put on Internet against  eventual re-directions  and be used by unidentified people for their own interests.

The knowledge on the cyber space issues will be taught to many IT managers from different institutions progressively to help them learn more on the latest development on the matter as  cyber criminals don’t’ cease to augment both in number and in knowledge.

The workshop will continue this Tuesday , 11, March 2014, whereby participants will learn from the experience of Alain Aina.

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