Republic of Mauritius - National Cyber Security Strategy
Law Enforcement
To interact with government agencies, industry, the
research community, and others to analyse cyber
threats and vulnerabilities, disseminate reasoned and
actionable cyber security information such as
mitigations to the public.
Law Enforcement will be represented by members of the
Police. Their roles will be to:
Regulatory Bodies
Critical Sectors
Enable effective prevention, investigation, and
prosecution of various aspects of cybercrime
that intend to steal information or compromise
the integrity of critical operations.
The Regulatory bodies shall include the ICTA, IBA and
the Bank of Mauritius (the financial sector regulator). The
roles of the regulatory bodies will be to:
Establish, control, inspect and enforce
regulations with regard to cyber security
Encourage organisations to adopt security best
practices and guidelines
The critical sectors will include members from different
the financial services (FSC, MRA), Tourism (MTPA),
CEB, CWA, ICT & Broadcasting, Health (MIH),
Government Services (GOC, CISD), Manufacturing
(MEXA), Transport & Logistics (AML, MPA), Sugar
(MSA) and Customs (MRA).
The role of the critical sectors will be to facilitate
identification, prioritization, assessment and protection of
critical information infrastructure through information
sharing and reporting.
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
The Representatives of the PMO would be the PMO
Security Division and Counter Terrorism Unit. Their roles
will be to advise and support the implementation of the
strategy geared towards protecting Mauritius from cyber
threats and attacks.
IT Security Unit
The IT Security Unit will establish IT Security best
practices and promote implementation of information
security standards within the Civil Service.
The Data Protection Office will act as the advisory body on
data protection and privacy issues.
Data Protection Office
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