Congo adopts two national cybersecurity frameworks to strengthen its information systems 🔐🇨🇬

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Congo’s National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI) has adopted two new frameworks aimed at tightening the country’s digital security. The General Information Systems Security Framework (RGSSI) and the Security Audit Service Provider Framework (RE-PASSI) were both adopted on August 25, 2026. They apply to government bodies, public and private organizations, essential service operators, and digital service providers — and more broadly, to anyone responsible for securing information systems.

A new national baseline for security🛡️

With the RGSSI, ANSSI sets a national reference framework meant to strengthen and standardize the security level across the organizations it covers. It’s built around structured governance and digital risk management, and it’s meant to push continuous security improvement as organizations grow more dependent on digital infrastructure. In practice, the RGSSI spells out the requirements these organizations now need to meet.

The RE-PASSI, meanwhile, sets the rules for the providers who carry out those security audits — covering their required skills, qualifications, working methods, and how they’re allowed to operate. The goal is to guarantee the quality, reliability, independence, and confidentiality of audit work carried out under the new regulation.

Together, the two frameworks form the backbone of Congo’s new cybersecurity architecture. The RGSSI defines what needs to be secured and what’s required. The RE-PASSI defines who’s qualified to check that it actually is.

A tool to test where you stand 💻

Adopting the frameworks isn’t the end of the story. To help organizations understand and prepare for them, ANSSI also plans to roll out a dedicated RGSSI assessment tool — letting organizations check their compliance level, spot gaps, and work out what corrective steps to take.

Blank audits to help organizations prepare ⚙️

As part of that same support phase, the tool will also allow for blank audits — dry runs meant to help organizations gauge their readiness before any formal compliance process. These evaluations should help organizations spot weak points in their information systems and take corrective action where needed.

This phase is first and foremost about preparation and support: it’s meant to help organizations get familiar with the RGSSI’s requirements and move progressively toward compliance.

Two frameworks, one national cybersecurity push 🔐

The official decisions adopting the RGSSI and RE-PASSI are available on ANSSI’s website, under the regulation section.

Through these two frameworks and the support tools planned around them, ANSSI is aiming to build a more structured approach to national information security — and give organizations the means to assess their readiness and gradually strengthen their digital defenses. Whether that translates into real adoption on the ground remains to be seen.

Do you think these frameworks can genuinely improve cybersecurity for organizations in Congo?