INSA Unveils New Data Center to Bolster Cybersecurity

Sep 1 , 2024


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The Information Network Security Agency (INSA) has introduced a new data centre that will provide digital certificates for national institutions and private companies, ensuring data confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, and non-repudiation. The digital certificate authority (CA) will serve as a trusted third party, verifying the identity of individuals and organisations involved in digital transactions. This will help prevent fraud, unauthorised access, and other cyber threats. Authorities aspire to leverage the public key infrastructure (PKI) data centre to other African countries and generate foreign currency. INSA will act as the Root CA, a fundamental component of PKI system. According to Tigist Hamid, director of INSA, this will enable security and intelligence institutions, e-commerce companies, and those using e-government services to exchange information securely while maintaining data sovereignty. Tigist said the PKI system was designed, implemented, and deployed leveraging expertise, strengthening its digital infrastructure and promoting innovation. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has launched the PKI on Saturday, August 31, 2024. He said securing virtual data complements the task of protecting national sovereignty and facilitating reliable and secure digital data exchange.


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