The authorities, notably the criminal investigation police (police, gendarmes and
customs) and the courts will work with our partners bilaterally and multilaterally to
strengthen their work in investigating, preventing and prosecuting cybercrime.
Our national defence forces (armed forces) are responsible for defending Senegal against
cyber-threats against our country's security and sovereignty and investigating all threats in the
realm of defence, such as cyberterrorism, cyber-warfare etc. Our national defence forces, via
our national cyber-defence command and control centre, are responsible for systems for
protecting data and infrastructures used in our national defence and work with our national
cybersecurity structure to help protect against and prevent cyber incidents at national level
and mitigate their effects and survive incidents.
Our national cybersecurity structure will be set up as the central body for cybersecurity in
Senegal responsible for implementing SNC2022. It will be responsible for planning,
coordinating and implementing cybersecurity initiatives in Senegal. This structure will protect,
prevent, mitigate and help everyone in Senegal recover from cyber incidents sur tout le
Senegal and advise and assist organisations in Senegal. It will coordinate protecting CIIs and
public and private information systems in this country, and develop and ensure they comply
with policies, guidelines, standards and good practices. In brief, it will act as a national voice
and centre of expertise in cybersecurity. A structure steering committee will be set up to
create the national cybersecurity structure.
The national cybersecurity consultative committee will be created to provide strategic
advice on developing and implementing national initiatives in cybersecurity.
The civil society organisations of Senegal will work with other stakeholders in the
cybersecurity ecosystem in this country to ensure that public and private sector organisations
act transparently and responsibly, to strengthen relations between these organisations and
individuals and help make Senegalese society aware of cybersecurity issues.
Academics will work with civil society and the public and private sectors to facilitate
developing resources and expertise in cybersecurity, helping meet our current and future
needs in terms of competent professionals aware of cybersecurity. Academia will also work
with the civil society and the public and private sectors to conduct research and development
into cybersecurity
Those who own and operate critical information infrastructures (CIIs) and information
systems in Senegal will be responsible for protecting their information systems, and so must
take all necessary steps to protect them against cyber-threats. They must ensure they comply
with standards, directives, processes, procedures and frameworks the government of Senegal
creates in terms of cybersecurity.
5.2 Monitoring and evaluation
Cyber-threats are developing constantly, so the Government is fully aware that, if SNC2022 is
to be implemented successfully, it must have a monitoring and evaluation framework added.
Conducted effectively, monitoring and evaluation can be used to devise new measures or
update those which exist.
For this major aspect, the Government's approach will be as follows:
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