Close attention is paid to the matters of cybersecurity development in Kazakhstan. The result of activities carried out by government agencies, research and development organizations and businesses is rapid gain in the ranking of the global cybersecurity index in recent years. Today, Kazakhstan ranks 40 in the index. It should be noted that the previous year, our country was 42 ranks lower and ranked 82.
During the recent years, basic conceptual approaches to develop cybersecurity field of the country have been established. The “Cybershield of Kazakhstan” cybersecurity concept was created and approved till the end of 2022. A number of legal acts and industry orders have already came into operation. Moreover, IT test laboratories were established to research malware; National Information Security Coordination Center was established as well as Private Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), 7 Security Operation Centers (SOC); number of scholarships for information security was increased, etc.
To enhance the situation in the field of information security and personal data protection, the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan initiate the issue of providing Information Security Committee with functions to protect personal data, so that the Committee might be able to check the owners of information systems which contain personal data.