Angolan minister of State for Economic Coordination, Manuel Nunes Júnior, announced Wednesday the creation of a CyberSecurity Agency to coordinate all cybersecurity initiatives, monitor and prepare responses to threats in real time.
The creation of the agency is part of National CyberSecurity Strategy, which involves policies and measures to protect its systems and critical infrastructure against cybernetics.
Nunes Júnior announced so at the opening of the 1st Forum on CyberSecurity promoted by the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication (MINTTICS).
The minister underlined that the agency aims to guarantee the supply and processing of data, with a view to creating increasingly consistent and realistic public policies.
“This strategy should also include actions to raise awareness and educate the population about the importance of Cyber-Security,” he said.
To Manuel Nunes Júnior, all actions must be complemented with measures that guarantee the protection of data and information systems.
In his view, the existing legal framework needs to be strengthened and updated, as a result of the great technological development registered all over the world.
Legislation must also be prepared in the context of CyberSecurity and “severe” penalties must be clear for possible cyber crimes, in order to block aggressors and criminals.
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)