For their first statutory meeting of 2022, the Chief Information Officers of ministries and State bodies met on Tuesday 15 March 2022 under the aegis of the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation and the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI) on the theme “Information systems maturity and security policy”. The proceedings were opened by the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU.
For their first statutory meeting of 2022, the Chief Information Officers of ministries and State bodies met on Tuesday 15 March 2022 under the aegis of the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation and the Information Services and Systems Agency (ASSI) on the theme “Information systems maturity and security policy”. The proceedings were opened by the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Mrs Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU.
In his welcome address, Mr Serge ADJOVI, Director General of ASSI, thanked the CIOs for turning out in large numbers and called for active participation in the proceedings. At the forefront of implementing the 2016-2021 Government Action Programme in the digital sector, the CIOs will again be an important link in delivering the 2021-2026 PAG. “Meeting allows us to exchange views and clarify grey areas so that we can resolutely commit to achieving the PAG objectives in the digital and digitalisation sector,” said the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, as if sounding the call to remobilise the troops to meet the challenges of the seven (07) digital and digitalisation projects contained in the 2021-2026 PAG.
Minister Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU also welcomed the results achieved by the CIO Conference, organised by ASSI for several years now. “Well done for making the CIO Conference a tool for progress, monitoring, emulation and continuity in implementing the digital strategy,” she added.
For this first CIO conference of 2022, in addition to the Chief Information Officers of ministries and State bodies, the Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) were also invited. An audit carried out by ASSI in 2021 revealed shortcomings of varying degrees in the local networks of the various sector bodies, the obsolescence of some equipment and, in places, insufficient human resources.
Throughout the day, through presentations and workshops, recommendations were made by the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI). Among other things, the rules of the State Information Systems Security Policy (PSSIE) were explained.
The Conference of Chief Information Officers (CDSI) is a statutory meeting and a framework for consultation between the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, the digital sector agencies and the Chief Information Officers of ministries and State bodies.