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The Minister of State Modernization and Public Administration guaranteed that the launch of Security Operations (SOC) and Security Operations (SOC) and Computer Response Team/ Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CSIRT) of the States Private Technological Network (RTPE), represents a firm step in the consolidation of a more modern, safer and more efficient public sector. Eurico Monteiro left this guarantee during the public launch of these important Cybersecurity infrastructures, developed by the Information Society Operational Center (NOSi), which took place this Wednesday, October 29th, in Praia. Critical infrastructures that, the government official assures, reinforce the States capacity to monitor, prevent and respond to cyber incidents. For the Minister, digital transformation is no longer an option but has become a requirement. In Cape Verde, he indicated, the digitalization of public services has been a strategic priority of the Executive, but with it, he highlighted, comes the responsibility to ensure that this evolution takes place in a safe, reliable and resilient environment. That is why, aiming to provide greater solidity and increase the capacity to respond to any type of invasion, he explained, the Government of Cape Verde launched these two important instruments, which place the country at the forefront of digital security in Africa, and which guarantee that digital public services operate with trust, integrity and continuity. Through RTPE, the Government has been ensuring secure connectivity between public bodies and between them and the private sector, promoting interoperability and responsible data sharing, stated the Minister, for whom this investment is part of an integrated vision of Modernization of Public Administration where technology is placed at the service of citizens and companies, with efficiency, transparency and proximity. But digital security, the government official recalled, is not just a technical issue. It is also, in the Ministers opinion, a matter of institutional trust, as citizens and companies trust public services when they know that their data is protected, the platforms are safe and the State is prepared to respond to any threat. Especially because, highlighted Eurico Monteiro, making an analogy with times gone by, an Administration that forced citizens to travel long distances to deliver papers or obtain information, did not inspire great care regarding the security of their data. Furthermore, gathering relevant information was always more difficult, for better or for worse. For the harm of providing public services and for the sake of the difficulty in accessing data that should be protected, indicated the Minister, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of data processing in the digital era. The concentration of data on one site and the possibility, at a distance, of immediate access to relevant information for people, companies and the State itself, has imposed a concern in our times that, before, was practically non-existent - the protection of personal data, as well as reserved data, and conditioned access, according to levels of responsibility, which requires, more than laws, technological infrastructures and solutions that unequivocally guarantee this reservation and strict use for useful and legal purposes - strong, resilient and reliable infrastructures - because, we are in a time of greater demand in relation to the protection of personal data, stressed the Minister. Therefore, it is essential that each Ministry, each Institute, each General Directorate, assumes its role in adopting good cybersecurity practices, in the training of its technical staff and in active collaboration with the CSIRT, indicated the Minister, for whom the Modernization of the State requires leadership, vision and collective commitment And that is what this project represents: a joint effort, with the involvement of NOSi, the Bank. Worldwide, and from all partners who believe in a digital, safe and inclusive Cape Verde, he concluded.
