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AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, P.O. Box: 3243 Tel.: (251-11) 551 7700 Email: situationroom@africa-union.org Fax: (251-11) 5519 321 PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL 850TH MEETING ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA 20 MAY 2019 PSC/PR/COMM. (DCCCL) COMMUNIQUÉ

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Communique on Mitigating the Threats of Cyber Security to Peace and Security in Africa

Document

Intergovernmental Organisation

African Union (AU)

Type of Document (for IGOs)

Policy-Related Documents: Communications

Topics

Cyber Crime
Cyber Terrorism
Cybersecurity Awareness
Data Protection
Economy and Finance
Human & Digital Rights
Incident and Emergency Response
International Cooperation
National Cyber Defense
Public-Private Partnership
Risk Mitigation and Management
Sustainable Development
Training and Education

Summary

Adopted at the 850th meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU held on 20 May 2019 on Mitigating the Threats of Cyber Security to Peace and Security in Africa
Addresses the increasing cyber threats
Underscores the needs for the AU Member States to:
- Undertake regular cyber security risk assessments and to further enhance their national cyber security capacities
- Redouble the investments in education and public awareness raising campaigns on the growing threat of cyber-crime
- Adopt a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder and public-private partnership approachesin preventing and mitigating the risks posed by cyber-crimes
- Take necessary steps to own national information, ICT infrastructure, in order to reduce their vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks
Encourages Member States to:
- Take full advantage of the various capacity building initiatives of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE)
- Establish synergies and enhance national, regional and continental coordination
- Harmonize their laws and excise mutual legal assistance in cases of cyber-crimes

Source Link 1: https://archives.au.int/handle/123456789/6336

Source Link 2: https://archives.au.int/bitstream/handle/123456789/6336/850th%20Meeting%20of%20the%20AUPSC%20on%20Cyber%20Security%2020%20May%202019_E%20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Year Published: 2019

Date Published: May 20, 2019

Document Language(s)

English

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