Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa A joint initiative of the Internet Society and the Commission of the African Union 30 May 2017

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Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa

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Developed jointly by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Internet Society (ISOC) with contributions from regional and global Internet infrastructure security experts, government and CERT representatives, and network and ccTLD DNS operators in order to facilitate implementation of the the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection
Aim to provide recommendations and promote principles and solutions to ensure that African Internet infrastructure security meets the requirements of users at large, and that all stakeholders have clear guidelines for achieving what is expected of them
Put forward four essential principles of Internet infrastructure security:
- Awareness
- Responsibility
- Cooperation, and
- Adherence to Fundamental Rights and Internet Properties
Provide recommendations to AU Member States aimed at strengthening the security of their local Internet infrastructure through actions at a regional, national, ISP/operator and organizational levels

Source Link 1: https://au.int/sites/default/files/newsevents/workingdocuments/33025-wd-aafrican_internet_infrastructure_security_guidelines_may2017_0.pdf

Source Link 2: https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/internet-infrastructure-security-guidelines-for-africa/

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2017_African Union_en_Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa.pdf
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