State policy
Cybersecurity Development Center
Kazakhstan’s single digital security perimeter.
Research, standards and people in a single cycle protecting the state, business and citizens.
Partnership
Key document · 2026–2028
The Comprehensive Cybersecurity Plan of the Republic of Kazakhstan
A strategic document setting the priorities for protecting the country’s digital systems and digital infrastructure over the next three years. Approved on 6 May 2026.
Key points
Full text — being prepared for publication
What we do
Five areas, one protective perimeter
The institute’s areas of work are set out in Article 14-1 of the Law of Kazakhstan «On Cybersecurity» No. 418-V of 24 November 2015.
State policy
Standardisation
Cybersecurity standardisation
Research
Research and development
Assessment
Assessment and consulting
People
Training and certification of specialists
Cyberspace under watch
Data, not guesswork
Indicators are based on official statistics from KZ-CERT (State Technical Service): the number of incidents and the dynamics of vulnerabilities of critical digital assets. Data is provided as it is published by the primary source.
Incidents · Q1 2026
0
↓ 2.4× vs Q1 2025
A year earlier for the same period — 22,700
Viruses, worms, trojans
0
↑ +66% vs Q1 2025
The main contributor to the overall incident flow
Internet phishing
0
↓ 2.6× vs Q1 2025
A year earlier — 536 cases
Botnet share
0%
↓ was over 75%
The most marked decline across threat types
Source: KZ-CERT · STS · full dashboard
Updated: 20.07.2026 09:00
International agenda
Kazakhstan in the global picture
Global Cybersecurity Index 2024
0
■ Tier 2 — Advancing
ITU international index on a 100-point scale · updated automatically
Legal measures and cooperation
0/20
■ top score in two areas
Technical — 19.38 · organisational — 18.3
Capacity development
0/20
▲ the weakest area
The direct rationale for the institute’s training programme
ICCSDFAI 2026 consortium
0
■ partner organisations
Universities, government agencies and technology companies
National Cyber Security Index
48.05
■ European index
e-Governance Academy · updated automatically
NCSI · world ranking
78
■ out of 176 countries
Based on the National Cyber Security Index methodology
The institute co-organised the 2nd IEEE International Conference in Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and AI Applications — held on 25–27 June 2026 in Istanbul, with proceedings indexed in the IEEE database. More in the news.
Technical committee TC-34
The standards that shape the industry
ST RK ISO/IEC 27002-2023
Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection. Controls
In force
ST RK ISO/IEC 27005-2022
Information technology. Security techniques. Risk management
In force
Draft · PQ crypto
Post-quantum cryptographic algorithms
In development
“Our goal is for Kazakhstan to be not a consumer of ready-made cybersecurity solutions but a co-author of new approaches».
Aliya Ospanova CEO, Digital Government Support Center
“We drive the IT industry through a single security cycle: from global strategy and strict standards to breakthrough research, uncompromising assessment and scaling the entire digital market».
Leila Rzayeva Director of the centre
Partnership
Government, research and business — together.
NSC of Kazakhstan
STS
MAIDD of Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev University
ITU
ISO
ETSI
KazStandard
Astana Hub
Palo Alto Networks
AWS
ASELSAN
TI-Lab
FerroTechnics