Caribbean Press Release posted an article on October 31, 2017, about Barbados’ plans to create a Cyber Security Strategy. Below are some key highlights:
- With crime in Barbados becoming more organised and with greater threats to cybersecurity, efforts are under way to establish a National Cybersecurity Strategy to provide the island with “a robust cyber defence”.
- This was disclosed by Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, as he delivered remarks during the first annual conference of the Department of Public Prosecutions under the theme: Strengthening our Capacity to Combat Cybercrimes and Other Organised Crimes, at the Accra Beach Hotel and Spa today
- The new framework, the Minister said, would include a revision and revamping of legislation to provide the required security.
- It would involve work on the Computer Misuse Act, the Electronics Transactions Act, the Telecommunications Act and the Copyright Act. And, the Attorney General has hinted at the possibility of new legislation being introduced, such as the Interception of Communications [Act], to strengthen efforts being undertaken.“What we are faced with as a region, and as a country, is real.
- The threats that we are faced with in terms of cyber security and transnational organised crime require a wholistic approach nationally and a regional approach,” he maintained.Chief Justice of Barbados, Sir Marston Gibson, noted that crime in Barbados had become organised and today’s criminal had not just weapons, and money deposited in the bank.
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