The Tripod Cybersecurity maturity model is an easy-to-use but concise measurement framework for national, organisation and enterprise cybersecurity maturity levels. As it is said in management parlance, “if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it”, hence the need to measure cybersecurity maturity progress for continuous improvement.

It is based on the tripod of People, Process and Technology framework which are the basic strategic framework for ICT integration into any organisation strategic business objective for optimal results; be it for public or private sector concerns and for that matter, a nation-state.

The TCMM is thus composed of three (3) Pillars, eighteen (18) factors and more than hundred (100) indicators.

The TCMM was developed to foster a culture of cybersecurity awareness, readiness and engagement in the concerned entity for a more matured posture against cyber-threats, attacks and infiltrations in view of the global digital transformation agenda focused on digitization and digitalization. It is positioned as an enabler of the achievement of the globally agreed development goals such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Digital Transformation Strategy.

This is the first cybersecurity maturity model in the global South.