MWCERT was established pursuant to Section 6 of the Electronic Transaction and Cyber Security act, 2016 of the Laws of Malawi to take charge of Critical information infrastructure protection actions and serve as a base for national coordination to respond to cyber security threats
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Ways to Reduce Your Attack Surface
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