Ghana Cybersecurity Act
Ghana CSA: Scope, Cyber Security Authority (CSA Ghana) and Definitions

Ghana Cybersecurity Act GhCSA-Scope-CSAGhana-Defs: Scope, Cyber Security Authority (CSA Ghana) and Key Definitions

Ghana Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038) Scope + CSA Ghana + Definitions. PURPOSE: regulate cybersecurity activities in Ghana + promote cybersecurity development + protect critical information infrastructure + prevent + detect + respond to cybersecurity incidents + cybercrime + protect children online. SCOPE: applies to (a) all persons in Ghana; (b) Ghanaian nationals + persons habitually resident in Ghana wherever located; (c) acts committed outside Ghana where the act has an effect in Ghana OR where the act is committed by a Ghanaian national; (d) cybersecurity activities including service provision + use + research. CYBER SECURITY AUTHORITY (CSA Ghana, Part II): an independent statutory body established under the Ministry of Communications + Digitalisation + with: (a) DIRECTOR-GENERAL appointed by the President; (b) GOVERNING BOARD with public + private + technical expertise; (c) FUNCTIONS - leadership + coordination + research + standards + enforcement + capacity-building + international cooperation; (d) FUNDING through Government appropriation + Cybersecurity Fund (Sec.31) financed by levies on cybersecurity services + telecommunications operators. KEY DEFINITIONS: CYBERSECURITY + CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE (CII) + CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT + CYBERCRIME + CYBERSECURITY SERVICE PROVIDER + CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL + DIGITAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE. JURISDICTION: extraterritorial reach via citizenship + effect-doctrine + cooperation under Budapest Cybercrime Convention.

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This control maps to 59 controls across 32 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

BSI IT-Grundschutz · 4 controls

  • BSI-01 Account management and provisioning
  • BSI-03 Multi-factor authentication requirements
  • BSI-04 Remote access controls
  • BSI-05 Wireless access restrictions

API 1164 · 3 controls

ISO/IEC 27010:2015 · 2 controls

ISO/IEC 27011:2024 · 2 controls

OWASP ASVS · 2 controls

  • PSPF24-2 Information Security, Cybersecurity Maturity, Essential Eight
  • PSPF24-4 Physical Security

APPI · 1 control

  • APPI-A26 Report of Leakage to the Commission and Notification to the Person

Bahrain PDPL · 1 control

  • FTC-Safeguards-9-Elements 9 Safeguard Elements - Access, Inventory, Encryption, Secure-Dev, MFA, Disposal, Change-Mgmt, Monitoring, Pen-Test (16 CFR 314.4(c))
  • UAE-PDPL-Art.6_7 Sensitive personal data and children's data (UAE PDPL Articles 6-7)
  • 62351-8 Role-based access control (RBAC)

India DPDP Act · 1 control

MITRE D3FEND · 1 control

  • 3.10 Encrypt Sensitive Data in Transit
  • OWASPAPI-1 Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) and BFLA
  • DSOMM-3 Build, Deployment, Infrastructure Hardening, and Secrets Management

OWASP Top 10:2025 · 1 control

  • AUPRV-4 APP 10-11 Quality, Security of Personal Information
  • USSDWA-2 Cybersecurity Practices (Assessment, Access, Network, IR)

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