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Overview
In today's fast-paced digital world, data is more important than ever. Data protection, regulation, cybersecurity, big data analytics, the foray to open banking, and the trends towards use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies are just a few of the emerging issues that financial institutions must contend with. This brings financial institutions under considerable scrutiny by customers, regulators, and the public.
In April 2023, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) issued a Penalty notice of Kshs 5M each to two firms over infringement of personal contacts of their customers. With the increased sensitisation of consumers, data breaches and infringement of consumers data rights will be reported and the regulator will in turn take action on entities and persons found culpable.
To mitigate these risks, it is essential that financial institutions equip their teams with the necessary skill sets to proactively implement privacy by design when handling personal data. The workshop covers key topics such as registration requirements, data protection policies, data risk assessment, breach management, complaints handling, decided cases as well as emerging trends. Through interactive sessions and case studies, our expert trainers will provide your team with the hands-on facilitation they need to ensure that your institution is fully compliant with data protection regulations. In addition, Due to major risks emerging from exposure to cybersecurity, the workshop dedicates adequate time to examine causes and mitigating factors, facilitated by an expert in this area.
Do not miss this opportunity to invest in the professional development of your team and ensure that your institution is fully compliant with data protection regulations.
Who should attend?
Data protection officers, compliance officers, risk management professionals, privacy and legal professionals, auditors, business development and sales professionals, customer service representatives, senior management and executive teams, board of directors, consultants and advisers, system administrators, software developers and engineers, data analysts and scientists.
This workshop targets financial institutions namely: commercial banks, microfinance banks, DT-SACCOs, NWDT-SACCOs, buy now pay later (BNPL) firms, microfinance institutions, digital lenders, CRBs, FinTech's, state lenders, credit guarantee companies and development finance institutions etc.
Workshop Objectives
The three-day workshop will:
1) Provide an overview of the Data Protection Act, 2019 and
a. The Data Protection General Regulations, 2021 (the General Regulations);
b. The Data Protection Registration of Data Controllers and Processors Regulations 2021, (the Registration Regulations) and;
c. The Data Protection Complaints Handling Procedures and Enforcement Regulations 2021 (the Complaints Handling Regulations).
2) Outline the responsibilities of Directors and operational staff;
3) Define the role of the data protection officer and map it in the organisational chart;
4) Pitfalls to avoid when dealing with customer data;
5) Cybersecurity considerations for a financial institution;
6) Emerging issues and experiences in the implementation of DPA;
7) Regulatory actions (penalties and enforcement notices).
Contacts: email learning@ciskenya.co.ke or call +254 20 2600118
Speakers
Dr. Bright
Gameli Mawudor
Cyber Security Lead at MARA
Dr. Bright Gameli Mawudor is a Cyber Security Engineering Lead at MARA, Africa's leader in Web3 & Blockchain technology. He is also the founder of the Africahackon, a Cyber Security collective dedicated to fostering Cyber Security excellence through, capacity building and development of a strong community of experts in Africa
He acquired a PhD in IT Convergence and Application Engineering with concentration in Information Security from
Pukyong National University, South Korea.
For his professionalism, Dr Bright is an Advisory Board member of
• EC-Council Global Advisory Board Member – CTIA
• Cybersafe Foundation
• Moringa School
• AfCAA – African council for accreditation and accountability
He has over 10 years of professional experience in the Cyber Security industry with strong expertise in Cyber
security Strategy building, Resilience, and system penetration testing.
Bright has also presented at over 250 Cyber Security conferences, lectured at various universities, and contributed to
cyber security publications.
He was also recognized by Tribe of Hackers: Blue Team 2020, Top 40 Under 40 2016/2021 of young entrepreneurs
in Kenya and worked with world class organizations such as Dimension Data/NTT, Cellulant and Ushahidi.
Dr Mawudor has performed various evaluations and selections of Cyber Security tools and successfully
implemented IT security systems to protect the Confidentiality, Availability, and Integrity of critical business
environments to curb and mitigate risks. Technically highly skilled in various environments, especially in the Cyber
Security space, dedicated and a team player with excellent leadership qualities
Jared Getenga is the Chief Executive Officer, Credit Information Sharing Association of Kenya (CIS Kenya). He worked for the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for more than 20 years in Banking Supervision and Deposit Protection. His Banking Supervision experience was largely in policy formulation on banking sector stability.
He also worked as CBK-Appointed Statutory Advisor, Statutory Manager and Liquidation Agent in several troubled banks. Jared was later appointed Financial Sector Specialist with the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project (FLSTAP), funded by the World Bank IDA, DFID and GOK for purposes of coordinating technical assistance to Kenya’s Financial and Legal sectors.
On secondment from CBK, he founded the Kenya Credit Information Sharing Initiative in 2019, as a vehicle to establish the credit information sharing (CIS) mechanism in Kenya. Having registered a nationwide credit providers Association (AKCP) in 2014, he was appointed founder CEO and helped develop mechanisms for self-regulation, alternative dispute resolution, credit scoring, credit risk management etc. He is a committee member of the Africa Credit Information Sharing Association (ACISA) and the International Committee for Credit Reporting (ICCR).
AKCP rebranded to CIS Kenya in order to align more closely to its mandate.
Hannah
Ndarwa
Head of Legal at CIS Kenya
Hannah is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over 15 years’ experience in Commercial and Banking Law, Corporate Governance, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Sustainable Finance and Credit Information Sharing among other areas of legal practice. Hannah has interacted with the CIS mechanism since its inception having been nominated as the CIS champion by Stanbic Bank to represent it in the project team that led to establishment of CRBs in Kenya. She later joined CIS Kenya as its Head of Legal Services in year 2012 and has been instrumental in drafting and amendment of CRB Regulations all through.
She has solid experience on legal requirements, responsibilities and consequences of CRB data submission. Having served as the Registrar of Tatua Center, an ADR Center that has been running under CIS Kenya handling all CRB related disputes, Hannah has fast hand experience on how mistakes made by credit providers in submitting CRB data can be costly when courts are involved and is always glad to share such experiences to help credit providers avoid such pitfalls.
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