AFRINIC, PCH And USTTI Organise Second DNS Webinar Series On ”DNS Privacy And Security”

By Ifeoma Asika, Correspondent Campuses
AFRINIC, PCH and USTTI have concluded arrangements to host the second part of their DNS webinar series which will address various DNS security and privacy concerns and ways to mitigate them. In the first part, the focus was on looking at how to make DNS infrastructure resilient.
According to a statement by the Marketing and PR Manager of African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), Susan M.A. Otieno, the virtual event will hold August 6, 2020 via Zoom as follow:
* 12:30 UTC (Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire)
* 13:30 WAT (Nigeria, Cameroon)
* 14:30 SAST (South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho)
* 15:30 EAT (Kenya, Uganda)
* 16:30 GST (Mauritius, Seychelles)
According to Otieno, at the end of the session, attendees should be able to:
* Identify what security and privacy risks exist in DNS
* Understand what has been done to secure the DNS infrastructure and protocol suite
* Identify ways to maximize your security and privacy?
* Compare confidentiality versus authenticity in DNS
Interested parties are to use the following link to register:
The webinar will be in English and as usual, a French one will be organised later, says Otieno.





