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====Local News====
 
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=Nairobi Barcamp 2014=
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=Africahackon 2015=
  
Nairobi’s premier technology event is back for 2014! The 8th Barcamp Nairobi will be held on Saturday, 30th August, 2014. Barcamp is produced by Skunkworks Kenya – a disruptive collective of Kenya’s best looking and best skilled techies – and will be jointly hosted for the 2nd year by iHub, Nailab and m:Lab East Africa at Bishop Magua Centre, Ngong Road, Nairobi.
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This Year the 2nd Africahackon Conference is happening on 31st July 2015 at the Ihub.  
If you don't have a ticket yet get one now to attend : [http://nairobi.barcamp.co.ke/2014-theme-whos-your-datas-daddy/ Barcamp 2014]
 
  
=Summary=
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For more information, Visit the website: [http://africahackon.com]
Is privacy and security online possible in Kenya?
 
  
We entrust our most sensitive, private, and important information to private technology companies. At the same time the increasing usage of technology has attracted the attention of authorities eager to provide caveats on the openness of the Internet and the range of freedoms, which we enjoy online.
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=About Africahackon=
  
At Barcamp Nairobi 2014 we are eager to talk about privacy and surveillance, we will explore if there are any strategies and solutions that Kenyan citizens, corporations and governments are using to protect their privacy and security online.
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Africahackon is East Africa’s premier technical computer security collective which brings together the individual talents of the best and brightest security professionals in the region, through live presentations, engaging discussions and hands on demonstrations. We are connoisseurs in a full range of defensive and offensive security topics are well versed in the theoretical aspect of cyber security and masters on the practical and tactical angle of the art.
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AfricaHackOn houses not just ICT professionals but architects, electrical engineers, designers and business professionals. We have fun at what we do and boast of having a golden opportunity to shape the Information Security space across the continent.
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=JKUAT Bootcamp=
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Africahackon in collaboration with the OWASP Kenyan Chapter had a free 2 day bootcamp between 3rd and 4th July 2015 at JKUAT (Jommo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology) to sensitize them on security as they join the industry.  
  
  

Revision as of 07:21, 7 July 2015


OWASP Kenya

Welcome to the Kenya chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Munir Njenga aided by Ruth Macharia


Participation

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Local News

This Year the 2nd Africahackon Conference is happening on 31st July 2015 at the Ihub.

For more information, Visit the website: [1]

Africahackon is East Africa’s premier technical computer security collective which brings together the individual talents of the best and brightest security professionals in the region, through live presentations, engaging discussions and hands on demonstrations. We are connoisseurs in a full range of defensive and offensive security topics are well versed in the theoretical aspect of cyber security and masters on the practical and tactical angle of the art.

AfricaHackOn houses not just ICT professionals but architects, electrical engineers, designers and business professionals. We have fun at what we do and boast of having a golden opportunity to shape the Information Security space across the continent.

Africahackon in collaboration with the OWASP Kenyan Chapter had a free 2 day bootcamp between 3rd and 4th July 2015 at JKUAT (Jommo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology) to sensitize them on security as they join the industry.