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KENET Travel Grants
KENET Awards up to 15 travel grants per financial year to faculty and graduate students in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) areas. Since 2014, KENET has awarded over 47 travel grants to member institutions. In the financial year 2016/2017, we awarded 12 travel grants. Seven (7) faculty members, five (5) graduate students from seven (7) member institutions benefited from the grants. As of September 2017, we had awarded 14 travel grants.
KENET Research infrastructures
Our vision for having works by Kenyan researchers publicly available and accessible has been realized by the upgrade of our Research Infrastructures. Research Infrastructures (RIs) are the facilities, resources and services used by the science community to conduct research and foster innovation. By putting together efforts and developing RIs for the community, KENET’s long term goal is to improve the overall research productivity of the country.
Research Services Initiatives
High Performance Computing (HPC) Initiative
Regional Research output in selected research areas in Kenya Regions
The top 20 research institutions were grouped by their geographical locations as follows.
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Nairobi Region
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UON
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H. 2016/2017 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
KENET was audited by KKCO East Africa auditors in the year. We realized a surplus of KSH84M in the financial year 2016/2017 as shown in the statement of comprehensive income below:
Avoiding Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware is a type of malware designed to encrypt users’ files or lock their operating systems so attackers can demand a ransom payment. Ransomware executes when a user is lured to click on an infected link or e-mail attachment or to download a file or software drive while visiting a rogue website. Sophisticated social engineering techniques are used to entice users to take the desired action;
Information Security Is Our Responsibility
Keeping the Internet safe and secure is a responsibility we all share .
Keep What's Private, Private
You exist in digital form all over the Internet. It is thus important to ensure that the digital you matches what you are intending to share. It is also critical to guard your privacy — not only to avoid embarrassment, but also to protect your identity and finances!
Test Security Awareness Issue 1
This is a test newsletter for security Awreness