Countries are becoming increasingly more dependent on information
and communication technologies which are globally interconnected. With these
growing dependencies, information systems and networks are extremely vulnerable
to disturbances which can affect their functioning. Cyber-attacks can be
mounted at any time, against anyone and from anywhere and therefore, the
countries are gearing up towards protecting their critical information assets,
just like their frontiers. To address this issue, the National Computer Board
has developed a National Cyber Security Strategy for Mauritius along with other
stakeholders. To validate and finalise the recommendations of the draft
strategy, a validation workshop was organised on Monday 24th March
2014 at the Conference Hall, Cyber Tower 1, Ebene. The validation workshop was
officially opened by the Minister of Information and Communication Technology,
Hon. Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum. The stakeholders from the public, private
sector and academia were present for the discussion exercise. The draft
strategy has been uploaded on the NCB and CERT-MU websites (www.ncb.mu, www.cert-mu.org.mu) for public consultation.