A first meeting of the Council on ensuring cybersecurity of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held in Astana.
At the event Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Information Security of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Abdikalikov Ruslan Kenzhebekovich spoke on the main directions of development of the information security sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In the course of the event, representatives of the Association of Legal Entities “Tsarka”, Association of Legal Entities “KaIB”, the State Enterprise KPSiSU of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ENU, AAUES, and KBTU) proposed approaches to the development of the information security sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The following issues were also discussed:
– Development of criteria and rules for the formation of the register of trusted products of the electronic industry and software;
– Conducting a thorough examination of scientific and technical projects and programs funded from the state budget under the item “scientific research”;
– On standards in the field of information security;
– About educational programs;
– On measures to develop audit services in the field of information security;
– On measures to develop the development of domestic software and adaptation of foreign technologies;
– On improving the culture of information security;
The work of the Council was attended by representatives of the Central State Bodies, the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, universities, industry organizations, telecoms operators and the financial sector.