Cyber Security Readiness in Malawi

Illegal access to sensitive information, such as medical records, financial records, personal information, or other types of data that may negatively impact the business. Cybersecurity has become a serious threat to organizations that are not prepared or able to respond to cyberattacks. In Malawi, many organizations lack Management support and lack of Computer Emergency Response Teams. This paper presents a cybersecurity culture framework for assessing and evaluating the current security readiness of an organizations. Every organization has the right to be protected and have good security protocols. With the latest’s trends in technology, attackers are finding new ways to hack and compromise computer systems. Cyber security is essential for any business both corporate and non-corporate. Cyber security readiness is found to positively impact security performance, which in turn positively affects financial and non-financial performance. In addition to implementing basic cybersecurity controls like firewalls, intrusion detection, and VPNs, take steps to ensure your employees (end users) understand their role as they are the first line of defence. Cyber awareness training program to educate users on best practices. Reinforce the need for password hygiene (63% of data breaches result from weak or stolen passwords), frequent patch management. About 91% cyber-attacks are phishing emails, social engineering attacks, Ransomware attacks, and IPS Attacks end users and security teams need to be trained to handle such threats. The proposed computer-based emergency response teams can be used to orient and improve the current understanding of how organizations in Malawi can better equip themselves to minimize the occurrence and impact of cyber-attacks.IJSRED - International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Developmen