Mauritania — Cyber Threat Profile
Mauritania adopted a National Digital Security Strategy covering 2022 to 2025 and enacted a data protection law in 2018, but enforcement remains largely inactive due to absent implementing decrees. The country still lacks a formal, operational CERT despite a 2020 Computer Security Service being established under the General Directorate of ICT. Internet penetration reached approximately 70% in 2021, expanding the attack surface faster than defensive capacity can manage. Mauritania ratified the AU Malabo Convention in May 2023, providing a legal anchor for future reform.- Data protection authority: Autorité de Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (APD) (source: CNIL)
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 52.2 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 45.8% of population (source: World Bank)
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