On Monday 21 March 2022, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, visited the headquarters of the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI), where the Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) of 25 ministries and State bodies are being trained. She was welcomed by the Agency’s Director General, Mr Ouanilo MEDEGAN FAGLA.
On Monday 21 March 2022, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, visited the headquarters of the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI), where the Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) of 25 ministries and State bodies are being trained. She was welcomed by the Agency’s Director General, Mr Ouanilo MEDEGAN FAGLA.
In force since its approval by Decree No. 2021-550 of 27 October 2021, the State Information Systems Security Policy (PSSIE), which derives its legitimacy from the National Digital Security Strategy (SNSN), applies:
- to all information systems of public administrations, without exception
- to all public institutions and State-owned companies
- to users of State information systems
- to those responsible for managing them and those responsible for their security.
Among the requirements of the PSSIE, all State entities that do not yet have a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) are required to establish and operationalise this function in order to ensure that information systems security issues are better taken into account within them. Since 28 February 2022, the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI) has been running a series of specialised information systems security training courses for the CISOs of twenty-five (25) priority State bodies. They will be the focal points for information systems security matters and will be responsible for implementing the PSSIE in their respective bodies.
The visit by the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation reflects the importance of the CISOs’ role in implementing the PSSIE. Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU took an interest in the various training modules and enquired about their usefulness in the CISOs’ daily work. Pleased with the discussions, the Minister urged them to show rigour, availability and a sense of duty throughout the various training modules.
The training programme consists of the following modules:
- Training in the secure use of computers (CSCU)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Operational cyber defence training: sessions on the CyberRange simulator for practical exercises in system defence and vulnerability exploitation.
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Familiarisation with the State Information Systems Security Policy (PSSIE).