Digital Forensics and Information Security Research Cluster

Established in 2012, the research group focuses on making the Internet more secure and a safe place for civil society , government and nitizens. Driven by the mandate to ensure that the Namibian society and the world around are prepared to embrace the information age revolution. We are a team of researchers who are constantly seeking partnerships with all stakeholders who share the same aspiration of ensuring online activities are secure. This group, among other things, promote publications, postgraduate research projects, as well as enables cooperation with international partners and local industry such as Nampol, XoN NEC, Nelson Mandela University, University of Pretoria, Highline College, University of New South Wales and the International Information Systems Security Consortium. We always believe in engaging with the community around and propose viable solutions based on the understanding that there is no better way to solve a problem than getting the right input of the problem source from those affected and infected.

• Making organisations, institutions and the Internet safer
• Critical Infrastructure Security
• Secure Smart Cities
• Detecting and reporting on appropriate and illegal use of ICT
• Forensic Computing (Cloud and SSD Forensics)
• Internet of Things Security
• User Experience of Information Security
• End User Security Awareness
• Human Computer Interaction Security
• Cloud Security and Forensics
• Secure User Behaviour
• Organisational Security Culture
• Child Online Protection

The implementation of faster efficient Internet technology in Namibia is also a benefit for cyber criminals, who will find  it even easier and more convenient to launch attacks against the end-users who are mainly security novices. The digital space is being flooded with all forms of gadgets of different sizes and shape; some visible, some invisible and some wearable. All sectors that interacts with data for everyday operations are vulnerable to some extent. The openness of such technologies and lack of adequate regulatory formulas is a cause for concern.