CYBER THREATS AND CYBER SECURITY IN THE KENYAN BUSINESS CONTEXT

Abstract

Cyber security is basically the process of ensuring the safety of cyberspace from known and unknown threats. The International Telecommunication Union states that cyber security is the collective application of strategies, security measures, plans, threats administration tactics, engagements, training, paramount practices, assurance, and expertize that can be used to guard the information system, organization and related assets. The motivation of writing this paper was therefore to establish through content analysis, the dominant cyber threats and cyber security measures in the Kenyan business context, and to further, illustrate their impact, on the business organizations. The source of information was majorly studies conducted by other scholars related on cyber threats and cyber security, and published in the various journals. The paper has gone ahead to highlight the major cyber threats common in the context of Kenyan Business Environment. The paper has also identified some of the commonly used cyber security measures used to handle the identified threats.