Cyber risks in the day-to-day of the administrative tribunal: how to prevent them?

Abstract

The present study focuses on the reflection on cyber risks associated with the use of information and communication systems in the Administrative Court in Mozambique in its daily life. To this end, it used mixed methods to interpret the data obtained through the questionnaire survey and to ascertain the results through a comparison of the diverse bibliographic and documentary collection. The study concluded that the TA operates on the basis of several standardised systems to carry out its different tasks, and therefore, there is a set of cyber risks related to data storage on local servers, recurrent attacks by malware and spyware and the use of Microsoft Office 2013 which is quite outdated. Therefore, measures to mitigate these risks are the emigration of data storage on local physical servers to the remote access cloud, updating Microsoft office 2013 to Microsoft 365, defining items for investigating and repairing locally obstructed systems or infected by attacks, mass training and awareness of employees on matters related to cyber risks, monitoring of permanent equipment maintenance plans and observing internal rules for the use of computer equipment.