Bhutan e-Government Master Plan
some
of these
(PEMS),
systems
Multi-Year
System
(PLaMs)
include
Rolling
and
the
Budget
Civil Service
Public
Expenditure
System
(MYRB),
Information
System
Management
System
Planning
and
Monitoring
(CSIS).
The
TWAN
will
also support all G2C and G2B e-Services, and new government systems such as
the
e-Procurement
implementation
during
December 2013 and
cost is Nu.
and
190m
and
Geospatial
the
11
FYP.
is expected
Information
The
extension
to complete
the amount
Systems
work
will
by June 2016.
will be invested
planned
for
commence
by
The total projected
in replacing
equipment
and
building new networks wherever necessary.
Bhutan
CIRT
A secure
Government
Intranet underpinnes
firmly on the information superhighway.
good
The
governance.
Internet, mobile
Bhutan
phones
today
is
and online
information systems have become a part of our everyday lives. With the vision of
an ICT enabled
our
information society and with increasing
dependence
Consequently,
on
these
ICT
systems
and
services
the inherent threats of the cyber world
ICTisation taking place,
is growing
have
by the
day.
not only become
a
reality but a real danger to our daily lives.
Like countries elsewhere,
Bhutan
requires a dedicated
of professionals comprising of members
ACC,
legal
etc) to function
incidents,
occurs.
from law enforcement agencies (police,
independently
security threats and incidences.
and
deliberate
and
help the society
manage
cyber
It is not only important to prevent cyber security
but also vital to be able to manage
A
organization with a team
systematic
an incident well when
approach
to
managing
it inevitably
cyber
security
incidents is critical to ensure that normalcy to life is restored as soon as possible
following an incident.
The Bhutan Computer Incidence Response Team
(BtCIRT) will be established to
serve
incidents.
as the national
responsible
agency
for performing
the
for cyber security
following
and
other
The
functions
BtCIRT
relating
will be
to cyber
security as may be warranted:
1)
Collect, analyse and disseminate information on cyber incidents;
il)
Forecast and be alert of cyber security incidents;
ili)
Execute emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents;
iv)
Coordinate cyber incident response activities;