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Cyber law and ICT Policy 2020

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1.      The Cyber Space
What Kind of Space is Cyberspace? 1
Rebecca Bryant 

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2.      What is Policy ad Law?


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3.      National ICT Policies
·         Policy Making in the Real World. Evidence and Analysis  by Michael Hallsworth, with Simon Parker and Jill Rutter
·         National ICT Policy For Uganda, The Republic Of Uganda Ministry Of Information And Communications Technology (ICT)
·         Nigerian National Policy For Information Technology (IT). ‘Use IT’. National Information Technology Policy
·         The Inter-Sessional Panel Of The United Nations Commission On Science And Technology For Development. 15-17 December 2010. Geneva Uganda Contribution " ICT Policies, Strategies And Initiatives Put In Place In Uganda " by NITA-U
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4.      Management Issues: Organisational Issues: Policy Issues.  Examples of ICT Policies
Kirkwood, Adrian (2013). ICT in higher education: policy perspectives. In: ICT Leadership in Higher Education, 24-26 February 2013, Hyderabad, India.
ICT Policy by Muwanga-Zake
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5.      ICT Security - Cyber Crime and Security Landscape
·         Law in the Information Age 2.0 Cybercrime. http://www.cyberlawcentre.org/genl0230/
·         On Cyberwarfare  by Fred Schreier. DCAF HORIZON 2015 WORKING PAPER No. 7
·         Understanding the West African cyber-crime process by Andrews Atta-Asamoah
·         Cyber crime – Wikipedia
·         Cybersecurity: The Role and Responsibilities of an Effective Regulator -  9th ITU Global Symposium for Regulators, Beirut, Lebanon, November 2009
·         Electronic Banking and Cyber Crime In Nigeria -A Theoretical Policy Perspective on Causation by Wada, F. & Odulaj, G. O. Afr J Comp & ICT Wada & Odulaja, Vol 4. No. 3. Issue 2
·         Cyberwar: You’re Doing it Wrong! The relationship between four threats in the 21st Century. By Marcus J. Ranum, CSO, Tenable Network Security, Inc
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6.      Hardware protection, other technical Attacks
7.      Security of Operating Systems: E.g., Unix Operating System Security, Windows NT, Capabilities


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8.      Data Protection Act
Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019 - Uganda
The data protection and privacy bill 2014
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9.      Digital Signatures Act
Electronic Signatures Act 2011 - SUPPLEMENT No. 4 18th March, 2011.
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
to The Uganda  Gazette No. 19 Volume CIV dated 18th March, 2011. Printed  by UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government

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10.  Electronic Evidence: Cryptography & PKI: Symmetric Cryptography, Asymmetric Cryptography
An Overview of Cryptography Gary C. Kessler 30 June 2010 (Original version: May 1998)
Introduction to Cryptography
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11.  Processes of enacting law – how much does the public participate/ know?
Uganda’s legal and institutional framework in combating cyber crime, A Review of Uganda’s ICT Law New Opportunities in the wake of recent Enactments, Old Challenges as to implementation and sensitisation. By: Mulalira Faisal Umar

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12.  International collaboration - Reports from UNCTAD
International Cooperation in Cybercrime Investigations by Albert Rees, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
·         General Assembly resolution 65/230. Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
·         Assessing the need for cyberlaw harmonization by Cécile Barayre-El Shami Programme Manager, E-Commerce and Law Reform, ICT Analysis Section, UNCTAD cecile.barayre@unctad.org.  Commonwealth Cybersecurity Forum 2014 London, 5-6 February 2014
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13.  Reports from ITU,
ITU’s work in Cyber security and Global Cyber security Index (GCI) by Vijay Mauree Programme Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
·         ITU National Cyber security Strategy Guide by Dr. Frederick Wamala (Ph.D.), CISSP
·         PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release - INTERPOL World 2017 strengthens resolve for international cooperation to address crime
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14.  International Cooperation in Cybercrime: Child Abuse and Protection;
Resolution 22/7
Strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime
·         Child Pornography http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/cca1995115/sch1.html
·         Internet Filtering Regime http://cyberlawcentre.org/2008/censorship/
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15.  Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) & Cyber Security. By S. K. Gupta,  Advisor (CN&IT) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
·         Security and resilience in Information Society: towards a CIIP policy in the EU by Andrea Servida Deputy Head of Unit European Commission DG INFSO-A3 Andrea.servida@ec.europa.eu
·         EU policy on Network and Information Security (NIS) and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP), 15 March 2012 by Valérie ANDRIANAVALY European Commission Directorate General Information Society and Media - DG INFSO Unit A3 – Internet Governance; Network and Information Security valerie.andrianavaly@ec.europa.eu







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