Development of National Cybersecurity
Guidelines
The stakeholder consultations carried
out during the process of developing this
strategy revealed that people and
businesses are seeking guidance how
they can enhance Cybersecurity.
Providing them as well the different
government institutions with National
Cybersecurity Guidelines responds to this
demand. The government believes, that
the unique situation of Kiribati shall be
reflected when making available
information and guidelines.
Establishing a Kiribati
Cybersecurity Working
Group (KCSWG)
The Kiribati Cybersecurity Working Group
(KCSWG) will be formed. During the
stakeholder consultations various
existing government and nongovernment institutions were identified
that are currently active in the field of
Cybersecurity in order to create a diverse
group. The KCSWG shall have the
following structure:
The KCSWG will be chaired by
CERTKiribati with members from the both
government private and academia
institutions.
These members should have a strong
Information & Communication
Technology (ICT) technical background,
including technical knowledge on
information security/cybersecurity.
Members from legal institutions should
be well versed with legal aspects and
Kiribati National Cyber Security Strategy 2020
existing legislations relating Information
Communication Technologies. The KCSWG
should have at least one and no more
than two representatives from these
institutions, unless otherwise justified
under certain circumstances.
Roles and Responsibilities of
KCSWG
KCSWG is tasked with the development of a
set of specific Cybersecurity and CyberSafety guidelines. It should go beyond
policy statements and focus on concrete
measures that will guide people, businesses
and government institutions. It should
address the following issues: Responsibility
within the government and private sector,
definition of processes, technical
specifications and risk assessment and
emergency plans. The responsibility section
should clearly point out the roles and
responsibilities of different institutions. This
may include technical as well as
management responsibilities. The
government underlines that maintaining a
sufficient crisis and incident management is
a key component of any Cyber defence
strategy. Taking into account the potential
devastating impact of cyber attacks, clear
rules and procedures are required that
define under which circumstances certain
people and institutions need to take
action. The processes shall define
Cybersecurity related requirements with
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