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
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