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Non-compliance of these guidelines may lead to disciplinary actions, where the individual will stand for all risks and damage caused by not implementing these guidelines. Exceptions to these guidelines shall be allowed only if approved by RISA.

RISA shall review these guidelines annually or when deemed necessary to address new issues arising from the use of IT systems and emerging technology trends in the industry. IT department in every government institution shall investigate and follow-up on repor...

Guideline on minimum Bandwidth for Broadband Internet Connectivity in Rwanda Directives on Cyber Security for Network and Information System

Business continuity Management (BCM) is a planning and management discipline through which organizations design, implement and maintain measures, plans and strategies which are effective to manage crisis, respond to/ recover from a disaster; This start with an...

BC includes DR and DR requires guidance from BC, to direct priorities and set scope. Figure 1: Business continuity and Disaster recovery BUSINESS CONTINUITY (BC) DISASTER RECOVERY(DR) OBJECTIVE: Build resilience OBJECTIVE: Build ...

Business  continuity  management  (BCM)  is  centred  around  a BCM  lifecycle  that consists of following phases: Figure 2: Business Continuity Management Lifecycle Identification: Assets Inventory And Risk Assessment This phase is a starting point of BC...

The purpose of these guidelines is to help public entities and GoR’s private partners to have a common understanding of EA practice and to guide the systematic mapping of the institution’s IT landscape (Blueprint) in clear steps namely: the ASIS situation, the...

For full guidance and overall context purpose, this document should be read in conjunction with the following documents: Government of Rwanda Enterprise Architecture Governance: This document outlines the governance structure around enterprise architecture wi...

One of the key benefits for establishing an institution’s blueprint is to ensure the right selection and right scoping of IT projects, making clear the direct linkage between the IT project and the institution’s business requirements. The blueprint also serves...

BCM is a planning that extends well beyond IT function, it looks at everything that might cause interruption or losses in our business in order to provide effectives strategies for protecting our infrastructure, environment on which our business operations and...

For ease of consultation these guidelines are provided in the form of diagrams organized in the following flow: 1. EA Development Value Chain 2. Business Requirements Analysis 2.1. Understand Business Requirements and Value Drivers2.2. Confirm Scope and App...

IT  disaster  recovery  consists  of  developing  step-by-step  procedures  for  a  full recovery, disaster avoidance and business continuity. When many think about DR, they usually think about Backup, while it is only one piece in BC-DR puzzle and inefficien...

Liaise with RISA EA Team for alignment with project boundaries Understand Business Requirements and value drivers Review business strategy, government of Rwanda initiatives and goals Review all available and relevant documentations including strategy do...

Gain deep understanding of available assets that guide the project Prepare for Data Gathering Pre-work for the exercise should involve learning how to apply the assets Familiarity with the data gathering template will facilitate the running of the works...

For a true DR, a recovery site should be outside of a blast radius this means if a primary site locate in Kigali a recovery site should be outside of Kigali Distance between sites should not be ≤ 45 km. Both Data centers (primary and recovery site) should ...

Use available assets to create deliverables that are understood across the board Develop Target (To Be) Recommendations Recommendations must take into account overall government goals Standard procedure in determining in whether to Build, Buy or Enhance...

Align with all stakeholders for completeness of the deliverables Define Target (To Be) Blueprint Use reference models to guide the development of Target Blueprints Depending on the changes to the architecture, various reference models are available to a...

Recommended solutions to be aligned to Government of Rwanda capabilities Conduct Gap Analysis New initiatives and mandates should be considered in conducting gap analysis It is recommended that reference models be used to create ‘Heat Maps’ to depict hi...

In close collaboration with all stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment Create Roadmap Roadmap development should be driven by the business case and initiatives prioritisation Close collaboration with stakeholders in developing the roadmap will ensure...