On 12 August 2022, the Ministry of Technologies and
Communications ("MTC") issued the
Decision on Creating and Developing Secure Applications No.2598/MTC
("Decision"). The Decision, which was
published in the Lao Gazette Official on 24 August 2022, came into
effect 45 days from the date of its issuance. It aims to encourage
individuals, legal entities and organisations that create and
develop applications in Lao PDR to ensure that their applications
are secure, by complying with the principles set out in the
Decision.
Pursuant to the Decision, creating and developing a secure
application involves developing and verifying the functionality of
the application to make it more secure, including puting in place
technical measures such as risk assessment, vulnerability
identification, prevention methods and system maintenance. The
application shall be reviewed by MTC. It must cover the following
aspects and principles:
