CYBERWELLNESS PROFILE MAURITANIA BACKGROUND Total Population: 3 623 000 Internet users, percentage of population: 6.20% (data source: United Nations Statistics Division, December 2012) (data source: ITU Statistics, 2013) 1. CYBERSECURITY 1.1 LEGAL MEASURES 1.1.1 CRIMINAL LEGISLATION Mauritania does not have any officially recognized criminal legislation pertaining to cybercrime. However it has an ICT Legal framework. 1.1.2 REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE Mauritania does not have currently any officially recognised regulation and compliance requirement pertaining to cybersecurity. 1.2 TECHNICAL MEASURES 1.2.1 CIRT Mauritania does not currently have an officially recognized national CIRT but there is a project to create a National Cybersecurity Agency after the successful CIRT assessment conducted by the ITU in 2012. Also there is a team of unofficial CERT not yet legally mandated. 1.2.2 STANDARDS Mauritania does not have any officially recognized national or sector specific cybersecurity frameworks for implementing internationally recognized cybersecurity standards. The cybersecurity vision is still considered as a part of national ICT strategy but Mauritania is considering implementing a specific cybersecurity strategy. 1.2.3 CERTIFICATION Mauritania does not have currently any officially approved national (and sector specific) cybersecurity frameworks for the certification and accreditation of national agencies and public sector professionals. 1.3 ORGANIZATION MEASURES 1.3.1 POLICY Mauritania has an officially recognized national cybersecurity strategy. 1.3.2 ROADMAP FOR GOVERNANCE Mauritania has a national governance roadmap for cybersecurity under the national cybersecurity strategy. 1.3.3 RESPONSIBLE AGENCY Mauritania does not have an officially recognized agency responsible for implementing a national cybersecurity strategy, policy and roadmap. 1