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ICT Strategic Plan
All public institutions are advised to develop an ICT strategic plan to guide the adoption and im...
Perform regular vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
Preventive maintenance: government institutions should plan and perform IT infrastructure vulne...
Institution level cyber security awareness
Government institution must plan for and conduct regular internal cyber security awareness for en...
Implement passwords policy
Strictly use strong passwords with minimum 8 characters comprised of alpha numerical and specia...
Establish role-based access controls and implement system logging
Role-based access control: access to network resources should be granted or denied based on job...
Implement network segmentation
Access control: should start with IT assets, data, and personnel classification into specific g...
Minimizing the exposure of systems to external networks
nstall and configure gateway firewall, IPsec and SSL VPN, and wireless; Configure inbound and ...
System access
Connection to the local area network (LAN): personal computers that have been out of office sha...
Data
Data availability: Data should be available round the clock (24-hour access) to access from dif...
Software applications
Architectural model for e-government applications: all systems should be documented in five vie...
Hardware maintenance
Maintenance plan: All IT equipment should be checked once in every quarter, and maintained accord...
End-use equipment
User devices: institutional devices used by employees should be labeled and recorded. Proper na...
Scanners and printers
Government institutions are recommended to acquire printing, scanning and copying as services ins...
Power Supply and backup
The computer network infrastructure at the institutional premises should have main power supply a...
Computers and Communication devices
The following are the minimum requirements that shall guide Government institutions during the ac...
Services
Government institutions are required to host all government data in the National Data Center (NDC...
Network Management
Network performance: redundancy, load balancing, application response time, and quality of serv...
Network Design
Number of users in the institution: identify the number of network users both onsite and offsit...
Principles
These ICT Implementation guidelines will be used as best practices for ICT deployment. Regular...
Scope
These guidelines are expected to be strictly adhered to by all government institutions including ...