Republic of Mauritius - National Cyber Security Strategy
Stakeholders and their Roles
The different stakeholders and their roles towards this collaborative framework are described
below:
Stakeholders
Ministry of ICT
National Cyber Security Committee
Roles
Acts as the Project owner and is responsible for settingup of the necessary legal framework for strategy
implementation.
The National Cyber Security Committee acts as the
decision making body and will include representatives
from the MICT, National CERT (CERT-MU), Law
Enforcement and Regulatory Bodies, Critical Sectors,
PMO, Data Protection Office, Vendors & Private sectors
and Academia to oversee and monitor the implementation
of the strategy.
The role of the National Cyber Security Committee will be
to:
National CERT
Lead activities associated with developing and
managing national CIIP efforts, including coordinating
policy development, outreach and awareness, risk
assessment and management efforts, funding and
support for the CIIP program efforts.
Serve as an important escalation functions for resolving
important issues and emergencies.
The National CERT (CERT-MU), a division of the
National Computer Board is the advisory body for
information security issues in the country.
The responsibilities of the National CERT will be:
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To implement the outputs generated from the
cybersecurity committee.
To handle and coordinate cyber security incidents.
To monitor and analyse the information security
situation at national level.
To prevent occurrence and recurrence of cyber
incidents by developing incentives for cyber security
compliance and proactive actions
To promote the adoption of best practices in
information security and compliance.