The impact of Increase in Broadband Access on South African National Security and the Average Citizen
Abstract
South Africa is the entry point to Africa and with the impending increase in broadband access, the average citizen could in future be used as a hub for launching cyber attacks on the rest of the world. This will pose a national security threat not only to South Africa but also to the rest of the world. This exponential increase in internet broadband will also result in an increase in security threats. A national security generic framework is used to analyse these threats and the impact on the average citizen with some proposals of addressing the threats.
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Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria,
South Africa
Professor Joey Jansen van Vuuren (PhD) is a NRF-rated researcher in the faculty of ICT at Tshwane University of Technology. She is also the Vice Chair of the international IFIP (Federation for Information Processing) Working Group 9.10. She is also a coordinator of SA for the BRICS Integrated Thematic Group Computer Science and Information Security (ITG-CSIS). Her research focuses on cybersecurity, education, government, policy, and culture. She was the coordinator of the South African CybersecurityCentre of Innovation for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which initiated several cybersecurity government initiatives in South Africa. The centre also focused on the promotion of research collaboration, cybersecurity education, and the exchange of cyber threats. She was also involved in the development of cybercrime strategies for the South African Police Services. Previously as the Research Group Leader for Cyber Defence at CSIR, she gave the strategic research direction for the research conducted for the South African National Defence Force and Government sectors on cyber defence. She has spent over 25 years in academia and research and has published various journal papers, conference papers, and book chapters on cybersecurity governance. She has presented on numerous forums, such as national conferences and also international conferences, some of which she has been invited to as the keynote speaker. She is also very passionate about the development of people outside the university and is involved in the offering of training in the TVET and other education sectors.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Jackie Phahlamohlaka’s research interests are in ICT and socio-economic development, web-based group support systems, and, most recently, broadband access and national security. He is, since 2019, a chief researcher in cybersecurity at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa, where he has been serving as a Competency Area Manager since 2006.
Government Information Technology Officer in the Defence Secretariat, Department of Defence, Pretoria,
South Africa
M. Brazzoli joined South African Air Force in 1968 and obtained his B MIL (B.Sc.) at the Military Academy. He obtained a M.Sc. (Engineering Management) at the University of Pretoria in 1992. In 2001 he was appointed Director Information and Communication Technology. In January 2003 he established the new Directorate Information Warfare. He was promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed as the Department of Defence, Government Information Technology Officer on 01 May 2008 and in this capacity represented South Africa at the United Nations as a Cyber Security expert.
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Journal of Information Warfare
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