Agenda

Objectives
• To share NCRA knowledge, experience and lessons learned across the
community of African Commonwealth countries;
• To create a collaborative community of countries; with the shared aim of
improving national cybersecurity capabilities in each country.
• To facilitate/gain agreement for NCRA ‘mentoring’ relationships between
countries
• To provide training and practical advice to assist those countries that have not
yet completed a NCRA
• To demonstrate and share the tools and techniques that can be used to run
national level cyber security incident simulation exercises.
• To gain insights into the potential decision making processes and trade-offs that
are required when responding to a national level cyber incident affecting CNI
(through a simulation exercise).
• To provide guidance and practical advice on turning risk assessment findings
into achievable risk mitigation action plans and cybersecurity capacity building
initiatives.

Time Session title Purpose Required Lead

attendees
Day 1 (Tuesday 12 November 2019): Formal opening of the conference/workshops, review
the agenda and scene setting. Countries that have embarked on NCRA projects share their
experiences and lessons learned.

09:30- Delegates assemble Delegates gather for All delegates All

10:00 coffee and registration
10:00- Welcome and opening To open the event, All delegates, Mark Challen,
10:45 ceremony welcome attendees and local Minister/Perm
provide top level context minister/HC Sec and
(Deputy) British
High
Commissioner
10:45- Overview of agenda UK team provides an All delegates Jerry
11:15 and the NCRA overview of upcoming Ketteringham
programme agenda and update on
the programme of
NCRA projects
11:15- Latest threat update To update the delegates All delegates Andy Chadwick
12:00 for African region on the latest threat
picture
12:00- Lunch
13:00
13:00- Roundtable discussion Open discussion All delegates UK NCRA Team
14:30 on challenges to focused on the key and Teams from
prepare and deliver a issues raised by the Malawi,
CRA countries who wish to Mozambique,
undertake a CRA Rwanda,
Botswana,
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attendees
Kenya, Tanzania
and eSwatini.
14:30- Break
15:00
15:00- Knowledge Sharing A presentation covering All delegates Mark Challen
16:00 Panel on the benefits each country’s and Teams from
and challenges of experience of running a Uganda,
undertaking the NCRA NCRA cycle. Cameroon and
process Sierra Leone

16:00 - Day 1 summary and To summarise the key All delegates UK NCRA Team
16:30 close points from day 1
Day 2 (Wednesday 13 November 2019): Thematic ‘round table’ discussions to share
practical lessons learned and successful approaches for the implementation of the NCRA
process; focused on the following themes:
09:00- Overview of day 2 To introduce the All delegates UK NCRA Team
09:15 activities on day 2 and
answer any questions.
09:15- Thematic workshops: To share practical All delegates UK NCRA Team
10:30 knowledge and effective
a) Mobilise and working practises for
Engage: successful NCRA
• Mobilising the projects.
NCRA process at
the national level
• Effective
approaches for
engaging sector
stakeholders

b) Analysing
results:
• Gathering risk
assessment
survey data
• Effective use of
risk assessment
data analysis tools
and visualisations

c) Risk
Management
• Using risk
assessment data
to drive risk
mitigation plans
and actions
10:30- Break
11:00
11:00- NCRA analytics To provide practical NCRA UK NCRA Team
12:30 ‘masterclass’ and insights into the analytic implementers
interactive exercise tools used in the NCRA and UK team
11:00- Leadership workshop To gain agreement to UK team and Jerry
12:30 the creation of an national cyber Ketteringham,
African Commonwealth leads Mark Challen
NCRA community to and BHC/DHM
provide mutual support
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attendees
12:30- Lunch
13:30
13:30- Cyber table top To simulate a real-world All delegates UK NCRA team
16:30 exercise (cyber game cyber security attack,
– CNI scenario) including a discussion
the key insights and
conclusions from the
simulation.
16:30- Free time
17:30
17:30 Transport to the British Residence

18:00- Drinks reception at the British High Commissioner’s Residence

20:00
20:00 Transport back to hotel for dinner

Day 3 (Thursday 14 November 2019): Post NCRA capacity building and next steps

09:00- Overview of day 3 To introduce the agenda All delegates UK NCRA Team
09:15 from day 3
09:15- Post NCRA capacity UK team to lead All delegates UK NCRA Team
10:30 building options workshop on the options
for national capacity
building and risk
mitigation following a
risk assessment.
10:30- Break
11:00
11:00- Future project options UK team to facilitate a All delegates UK NCRA Team
11:30 discussion to gather and
prioritise ideas for future
FCO sponsored
capacity building
projects
11:30- Closing remarks & All delegates Mark Challen
12:00 hand out certificates
12:00
CONFERENCE END

12:00- Lunch
13:00