Ouagadougou: The Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélem de Tambèla chaired, this Thursday morning, a government seminar on cybersecurity and the protection of personal data in the digital age.
During this seminar, the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI) will decipher the notion of cybersecurity for the benefit of members of the Government. The Commission on Information Technology and Liberties (CIL) will address the challenges of using information and communication technologies in the digital age.
ANSSI is the national authority for the protection of Information systems. Its main mission is to ensure the protection of national cyberspace. These include, among other things, reducing the vulnerability of the national cyberspace, managing computer security incidents, and strengthening the cyber security culture.
The CIL is an independent administrative authority. Its missions are, among other things, informing people of their rights and obligations regarding the processing of personal
data, monitoring the application of texts in accordance with the provisions of the law creating the CIL, protecting rights people.
Source: Burkina Information Agency