Army spins its wheels over planned cybersecurity centre
The Armée Nationale Populaire is making little headway in the sphere of cybsersecurity. A planned centre to counter cyber-attacks is already behind schedule.The Armée Nationale Populaire (ANP), under the command of Saïd Chengriha, wants to get up to speed in the field of cybersecurity, where it barely has a presence. According to our information, the ANP plans to build its first cyber defence centre to protect its systems. Dubbed "Cyber-ANP", this is supposed to be built in El Biar, in Algeria's first military region. But the army is already having trouble with Icar.Caouch. the engineering consultancy hired to conduct preliminary studies. Headed by architect Hassen Chaouch, the firm was put on formal notice on 14 May for allegedly failing to comply with the contractual schedule and for major delays in delivering its While Algeria remains vulnerable on the cybersecurity front, in the wake of the global WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017, whose 150 target countries included Algeria, the ANP said it intended to bolster the security of its computer systems. The military has since held an annual cybersecurity and cyber-defence seminar bringing in international computer security experts. Striving for bigger social media presence. Meanwhile, the ANP also wants to get its act together on social media, a strategic tool for monitoring crises. last popular Hirak protest movement, which brought down President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April 2019, gained considerable traction online. But the army is barely active on Facebook, where it created a page in 2011, and has instead mostly limited itself to holding seminars to figure out its social media messaging. Copyright Africa Intelligence. Reproduction and dissemination prohibited (Intranet...) without written permission. - 39286825. Scroll through
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