Djibouti decided to improve its cybersecurity legislation
September 2nd 2019
In view of its important investment in broadband connectivity and its ambition to make information and communication technologies a pillar of its economic growth, the Republic of Djibouti decided to improve its cybersecurity legislation.
It is about providing the country with a set of essential tools for the protection of its information systems and the people who use them. A first consultation meeting, organized on 29 August 2019 by the Ministry of the Interior, served as a framework for laying the foundations of this future legal arsenal.
During this meeting, which was attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Justice, international experts, representatives of the National Agency of the State Information System (ANSIE), lawyers, and officers Judiciary and the National Gendarmerie, the Djibouti Minister of the Interior, Moumin Ahmed Cheick, explained that “for any nation, it is an issue of national sovereignty. Because the security of the state’s information systems, the continuity of the functioning of institutions and vital infrastructures for the socio-economic activities of the country, the protection of businesses and citizens are entirely threatened by the scourge of cybercrime “.
According to the World Bank, Djibouti, which is already connected to eight submarine fiber optic cables, is the fourth most connected country in Africa.
The government, which wants to make the small nation a continental telecommunications hub, is aware that the slightest neglect of cybersecurity could spoil all its strategic investments. Hence his great interest in cybersecurity, manifest since last July with the organization of a reflection around a future national strategy of cybersecurity.
Source: Agence Ecofin Back