Purpose of the Directive

This Directive aims at providing important instructions and guidelines for securing GoR entities ICT infrastructures and Information by: 

• Strengthening ICT infrastructure and information access.
• Insuring high availability of data and systems for dedicated services
• Protecting against malware and other related threats which can compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data 
  

To achieve the above, all GoR entities should have minimum security controls implemented within their network before connecting their network to Internet. These controls are described below: