Cameroon's national Computer Incident Response Team, a division of the National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC), has strengthened its cyber defence systems as authorities battle to deal with an increase in cyber security-related incidents across the country.
The equipment and software, valued at over $1.3 million, were commissioned in the capital Yaounde on 20 January, under a World Bank-funded initiative - Project for the Acceleration of digital Transformation of Cameroon.
According to Ebot Ebot Enaw, ANTIC’s director general, the new infrastructure includes among others, five servers, three investigation platforms, 20 storage consoles, 30 workstations, three vulnerability scanning and intrusion testing platforms.
He said the agency’s penetration testing and threat intelligence capabilities have also been significantly enhanced.
“This equipment and software will undoubtedly improve ANTIC's surveillance and investigation capabilities, which in turn will improve the climate of trust in our cyberspace,” Enaw said.
ANTIC reports that cybercrime has been on the rise, with the agency processing 32,500 complaints in 2025, representing a 30% increase compared to 2024.
Enaw believes the deployment of state-of-the-art equipment and software within the country’s critical infrastructure will the agency to identify and proactively respond to attempts to bypass Cameroon’s cyber defense systems.
“The high processing power of these equipment and software will invariably strengthen our ability to collect data from sources like sensors, data bases and user interactions.
“Prepare data by sorting and filtering to remove errors, duplicates and incorrect entries, ensuring high quality data, store and process huge volumes of data in a bid to effectively respond to cyber incidents, threats, intrusions and data breaches,” he said.
Share
