The Minister of Communications will invite nominations for the other members through the Gazette and media. These members will be appointed by the Minister, on recommendation from an independent selection panel consisting of at least 5 persons, who command public respect for their fair-mindedness, wisdom and understanding of issues pertinent to cybersecurity. The panel will be representative of the security, legal, scientific, academic and business domains; The independent selection panel will consist of at least 5 persons appointed at the discretion of the Minister of Communications. The panel will be representative of the following fields of expertise ICT security, legal, scientific, academic and business domains. The Minister of Communications will invite nominations for the panel through the Gazette and media. The Panel will then be appointed from among successful applicants.  The Minister will appoint a Chairperson from among the members of the Panel.  The members of the Panel will serve in a part-time capacity for a period of 3 years, such appointment is renewable once.  The Minister will appoint a Chairperson from among the members of the Council;  The Council when viewed collectively must be broadly representative of the country. The Council will be composed of academic and legal sectors, science, technology and engineering sector, private sector, public sector and the cybersecurity community; and  Members of the National Cybersecurity Advisory Council will serve in a parttime capacity for a period of 5 years such appointment which is renewable once. 3.2. CSIRT A CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team) is a team of dedicated information security specialists that prepares for and responds to cyber security breaches (incidents). It acts as a central point of contact for all cyber security threats and breaches. The CSIRT response is typically in five phases; identify a threat, Analysis a threat, Contain a threat, Mitigate a threat and Report the out 7