Crime Reporter
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to work hard towards implementing the Cyber Security Policy for the survival of the nation in this digital age, a Government official has said.
Deputy Chief Secretary for public sector modernisation and performance to the President and Cabinet Dr Ray Ndhlukula said there were dire consequences facing nations if cyber security was not properly planned for and adequately implemented. He was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Second Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on the Draft Zimbabwe Cyber Security Policy in Harare yesterday.
“We all know that the objectives of this workshop were to allow stakeholders to critically review and make input into the Draft Policy leading to the finalisation of the policy, which will be presented to Cabinet for adoption,” he said.

“The process started with the drafting team coming up with the first draft. This draft went through several revisions before it was put before the first stakeholder workshop which included the key Government stakeholders.”

Dr Ndhlukula said the revised draft version 2.1 was the one that was put before the workshop with more than 200 institutions invited. These included Government ministries and departments, State enterprises and parastatals, tertiary institutions, business associations, professional associations, all major industrial and commercial organisations as well as social and other groupings like the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe. Dr Ndhlukula said he had no doubt that the views captured during the two-day workshop represented the views of a wide cross section of all social and economic sectors.

“All Zimbabweans should, therefore, be able to take up ownership of this policy and work hard towards its implementation,” he said.
Other areas discussed were for the Electronic Transaction and Electronic Commerce Act to deal with mobile money transfers, one apex body to be created in the Office of the President and Cabinet which will have all proposed institutions as departments, education curricula at all levels including teacher training should include cyber security and for computer, mobile phones and network forensics and forensic psychology to be included in the educational curricula.

“All these recommendations will be taken into account as we finalise the national policy on cyber security. These inputs will be part of the final draft which will eventually be put before Cabinet for its deliberation,” Dr Ndhlukula said.

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