Guides

BASIC SECURITY CONTROLS GUIDELINES

The security baselines for government organizations in Oman aims to provide proper security measures to safeguard the valuable information assets within the organization.

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CYBER SECURITY GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES

The primary purpose of this publication is to enable a uniform governance, risk management and security management framework for government agencies. The secondary purpose is to provide guidance on detailed concepts and steps in transforming cybersecurity, and to align them with the existing information security strategy and processes. To download the Cyber Security Governance Guidelines, click here.

DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY CLASSIFICATION MAPPING GUIDELINES

The purpose of this document to assist government entities in classifying their data and information systems in accordance with Royal Decree 118/2011 on Security Classification. To download the Data and Information Systems Security Classification Mapping Guidelines, click here.
Free and Open Source Software Guidelines The main objective of FOSS adoption guidelines is to guide, facilitate and support government entities in the smooth and seamless procurement of new IT solutions, so that government entities can get good money value. This guideline is based upon a research study conducted by SQU (Sultan Qaboos University) in collaboration with MTCIT (Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology) which requested and funded the study. to download the guideline, click here.

Internet of Things (IoT) Guidelines

Adopting a Unified Reference Model for the target audiences in the Sultanate to design, plan and implement IoT solutions, and encouraging innovation by using IoT solutions.

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Guidelines for the Internet Service Delivery 

This Guideline was issued to develop unified benchmark standards for units when requesting the delivery of Internet service to the units and their various branches. To download  Guidelines for the Internet Service Delivery, click here.

Guidelines for Protecting Children on the Internet

This Document aims to develop guidelines for policymakers, Information and Communication Technology service providers, parents, educators and care providers to confront all potential threats and damages that may face children online.

To downloadGuidelines for Protecting Children on the Internet, click here.