On 16 June 2025, the National Agency for Computer Security and e‑Certification of Chad (ANSICE‑TCHAD), in collaboration with cybersecurity firm Brightway, convened a critical visioconference to initiate a national cybersecurity mapping project a milestone aimed at visualizing and safeguarding Chad’s entire digital infrastructure. This marks a defining moment in Chad’s cybersecurity evolution and signals heightened security awareness across the MEA region.
Project Overview & Timeline
Stakeholder Coordination and Vision
- Date: 16 June 2025
- Participants:
- ANSICE represented by DG Abdelkerim Issa Orozi Batil and Deputy DG Nadjma Saleh Kebzabo
- Brightway’s Founder Sami Chamam and security expert Amine Laraba
- Objective: Develop a dynamic, country‑wide cybersecurity map to identify and secure all digital assets.
Why This Matters Now
With cyber threats growing in complexity across Africa, the initiative underscores Chad’s unmet need for proactive training and security services to anticipate threats. Security oversight, already under ANSICE’s legal mandate since 2015 (Law No. 006/PR/2015), gains new urgency through mapping critical digital-governmental, telecom, financial, energy-infrastructure.
Regional Significance: Building MEA Cyber Resilience
Chad’s Evolving Cyber Framework
This project follows landmark cooperation with the World Bank and Keystone Cabinet in January 2025 to enhance national cyber‑resilience training ISO-based standards and infrastructure audits.
Filling the Regulatory Gaps
While Chad established cybersecurity laws in 2015 (Law No. 009/PR/2015) and data‑protection statutes in 2015 as well, implementation has lagged. This mapping represents a crucial execution step toward fulfilling legislative goals.
MEA Implications
Chad’s proactive mapping effort resonates across MEA, aligning with regional trends in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, where national cybersecurity frameworks have increasingly emphasised cybersecurity awareness and infrastructure review initiatives.
Global Context and Comparison
Many countries, including EU member states and Gulf nations, have already adopted national ICT maps to govern cyber risk. Chad’s program mirrors this model and signals Sub‑Saharan Africa’s deepening commitment to cybersecurity maturity—joining South Africa and Rwanda in strategic investment.
Voices From the Frontline
“This mapping is essential for visualizing, understanding and protecting our digital infrastructure,”
said Nadjma Kebzabo, Deputy DG of ANSICE. (ansice.td)
“Chad is stepping into cyber‑sovereignty. We’re building an inclusive ecosystem through coordinated RSSIs,”
added Sami Chamam, CEO of Brightway.
Technical Snapshot
This initiative is currently at the strategic planning phase. A follow‑up is expected to provide visibility into methodology, depth (layers like apps, users, data flows), and integration into ANSICE’s existing cyber‑crime cell under Law No. 009/PR/2015.
Actionable Takeaways for the Cybersecurity Community
- Map your digital assets – Build visual inventories of systems, services, and interdependencies.
- Engage cross‑sectoral RSSIs – Foster communication between public, private, and infrastructure security leaders.
- Leverage international best practices – Align with frameworks like NIST CSF or ISO 27001.
- Train for visual threat monitoring – Invest in geo‑mapping tools and SIEM correlation.
- Prioritize critical infrastructure – Focus on finance, telecommunications, e‑government systems.
- Adopt continuous monitoring – Real‑time alerting on anomalies via WAFs, NDRs.
- Enhance legal‑regulatory integration – Coordinate mapping outcomes with data-protection mandates (Law No. 007/PR/2015).
- Promote public–private partnerships – Use the Brightway‑ANSICE model to foster innovation.
- Plan for incident response integration – Ensure mapped insights feed into CERT-driven response workflows.
- Scale regionally – Share lessons learned and tooling with other MEA nations.
Conclusion
Chad’s launch of a national cybersecurity cartography-backed by ANSICE and Brightway-marks a critical stride in building cyber sovereignty and preemptive risk mitigation. For MEA CISOs and policymakers, this offers a replicable template: map infrastructures, empower sectoral defenders, and align with global best practices. The project promises not only reactive security, but strategic resilience for Chad’s digital future.
Sources
- ANSICE website, 2025 mañ announcement – visit ANSICE
- Cybercory analysis of Chad cyber‑resilience project, published 2 January 2025
- Cybil Portal and GFCE legal framework references for Chad, as of 2025
- Africa Cybersecurity Magazine coverage of Jan 2025 ANSICE strategic sessions
- Africa Cybersecurity Magazine coverage of Jan 2025 ANSICE–Brightside virtual meeting
