Government employees have been asked to stop using personal communication devices while discharging their duties to safeguard against data breaches.
The Directorate of Human Resource Management at the State Department for Public Service also cautioned staff in government offices to refrain from storing sensitive data in personal laptops to avoid incidences of unauthorized access to government records by cyber intruders.
An Assistant Director in charge of Human Resource Information Systems Dickson Kinyua, said negligence in emphasizing on cybersecurity awareness at the workplace exposes information to the risks of hacking and potential theft of sensitive government data.
Kinyua called for strengthened cybersecurity awareness among the workforce in the public sector by integrating technology safeguards with behavioral change to ensure the systems at the workplace are foolproof against intrusion.
