National Cyber Security Policy

Introduction

The National Cyber Security Policy was introduced in 2013 with the goals of creating a secure cyber security environment and ensuring compliance with global cyber security standards.

• Creating a secure cyber ecosystem in the country, as well as appropriate trust and confidence in IT systems and transactions in cyberspace, in order to increase IT adoption in all sectors of the economy.
• By way of compliance assessment (product, process, technology, and people), build an assurance framework for the formulation of security policies, as well as promotion and enabling actions in accordance with global security standards and best practices. 
• To enhance and create national and sectoral level 24 x 7 methods for acquiring strategic information regarding risks to ICT infrastructure, creating scenarios for response, resolution, and crisis management through effective predictive, preventative, protective, response, and recovery measures. 
• By operating a 24×7 National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) and mandating security practices related to the design, acquisition, development, use, and operation of information resources, the nation’s critical information infrastructure will be better protected and resilient. 
• Capacity building, skill development, and training will be used to generate a workforce of 500,000 cybersecurity specialists in the next five years. 
• Developing effective public-private partnerships and collaborative engagements for increasing cyberspace security through technological and operational cooperation and contribution. 
• To improve global cooperation by fostering shared understanding and leveraging ties in order to advance the cause of cyberspace security