BOCRA, Debswana aim to fight cyber risks
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) and Debswana Diamond Company this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on efforts aimed at strengthening cyber resilience and mitigating against cyber risks.
In a statement, the parties said the MoU will be centered around four main areas being Cybersecurity Training and Capacity Building, Monitoring of the Debswana Attack Surface, Incident Response Support, enabling access to a Network of experts and peers – to facilitate further collaboration with local, regional, and international players in the Cybersecurity domain.
For his part Debswana Managing Director, Andrew Maatla Motsomi, highlighted that, information and experience sharing that will be borne out of the MOU is critical to ensuring that both parties improve their security posture in cyber space.
“I must underscore the importance of collaboration and expert knowledge sharing locally, regionally, and internationally as one of the biggest levers towards building cyber-resilience and combating cyber-crime. Debswana’s strategic goal of Transformation & Innovation looks to create a culture of technology-centered problem solving in Debswana and our local environment, and the MOU and other collaborative partnerships
with like-minded progressive organisations, will benefit that goal.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer at BOCRA Martin Mokgware also buttressed the crucial coordinating role that BOCRA plays in ensuring the country’s Digital Transformation Agenda and guaranteeing online safety and security.