http://www.csoonline.com/article/691438/kenyan-banking-security-regulation-spurs-growth-of-data-centers By Rebecca Wanjiku CSO October 10, 2011 The Kenyan government's regulations for back up and disaster recovery plans in the banking sector has spurred growth in data centers, as businesses move to comply to new rules. The Central Bank of Kenya has strict risk and compliance guidelines that compel banks to put in place mechanisms to guarantee business continuity in case of disaster, forcing banks to invest in data centers or to lease space within existing data centers. Safaricom has four tier-three data centers and tier-four facility in the pipeline, Kenya Data Centers recently launched its own facility covering four floors of an ultra modern building while Equity and other banks have put up data centers to cater for internal and external demands. "Regulatory requirements for backup and business continuity plans especially in banking have led to increase in awareness," for security said Nzioka Waita, Safaricom corporate affairs director. Kenyan banks offer mobile-phone based and online applications, and disaster recovery has become a major concern. [...] _____________________________________________________________ FINAL CALL to register #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:58:32 PDT
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