About us

The mission of the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) is to build skills and capabilities necessary to secure Rwanda’s cyberspace in order to sustain economic and social development. Specifically, NCSA oversees the following areas

Cyber Defense and Resilience

24/7 Prevention, Threat monitoring and Incident Response

Cybersecurity Standards

Develop cybersecurity policies and strategies to ensure cyber resilience

Data Protection and Privacy

Enforce Rwanda’s Law on Personal Data Protection and Privacy

Cybersecurity coordination

We collaborate with partners to ensure a secure cyberspace

Security Alert: Cisco Security Updates – October 2026

20 October 2026

Cisco has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities across its products. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.

Affected products include but are not limited to:

Security Risks

Successful exploitation of the identified Cisco vulnerabilities poses a critical security threat, potentially allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access, escalate control, and disrupt essential services.

For the full list of security patches released by Cisco, please refer to Cisco Security Advisories.

Recommended Actions

The National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) recommends users and system administrators to:

Follow and put in place the security updates shared by Cisco to lower the risk of vulnerability exploitation.
Before updating or patching, please ensure that you have the latest backup that can easily be restored.

For further information and support, please contact the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) by email to rwcsirt@ncsa.gov.rw or call us on 9009.

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