Kenya

In terms of personal data protection, on November 8, 2019, the Kenyan Parliament promulgated the Data Protection Act No. 24, which clarifies the regulatory responsibilities of security authorities and establishes a collaborative governance system for data security. The Act contains the obligations of data controllers and data processors, as well as the principles of personal data protection and requirements for data transmission outside Kenya. On March 14, 2022, Kenya's Congress reviewed and approved the Data Protection (General) Regulations, which aims to clarify the applicable scope of the principles and obligations specified in the Data Protection Act. This regulation specifies the rights of authorized data subjects, restrictions on the commercial use of personal data, obligations of data controllers and data processors, data protection elements, and compliance requirements for transferring personal data outside Kenya.

For details about how Huawei Cloud complies with these requirements and how you can securely build cloud services that comply with these regulations, see the Huawei Cloud Compliance with Kenya Privacy Protection Regulations.

Huawei Cloud is committed to providing you with secure and compliant infrastructure and services. Each service has built-in security features and is guaranteed to run securely through continuous O&M. Huawei Cloud ensures that the infrastructure and services it provides have been assessed by authoritative, independent, third-party agencies and reviewed by the relevant certifying bodies.

When using Huawei Cloud services, you are responsible for the security and compliance of internal applications and custom configurations of your workloads on the cloud. As the owner and controller of your data, you are responsible for data security configuration, confidentiality, integrity, availability, as well as identity authentication and authorization for data access.

You are also responsible for compliance with the applicable regulatory requirements for your workloads on the cloud.

You can download HUAWEI CLOUD Security White Paper to view details about the responsibilities of Huawei Cloud and yours.

For more security and compliance issues, contact your account manager or Huawei Cloud.

Huawei Cloud is committed to building secure and trusted cloud services. The infrastructure and services provided by Huawei Cloud have been assessed by authoritative, independent, third-party agencies and reviewed by the relevant certifying bodies.

Huawei Cloud is compliant with a wide range of international standards and practices, including:

• Security standards: ISO 27001, ISO 27017, CSA STAR, PCI DSS, PCI 3DS, ISO 27034, and NIST cyber security framework (CSF), and more

• Privacy standards: ISO 27018, ISO 27701, BS 10012, ISO 29151, and ISO 27799

• Other standards: ISO 22301 (for business continuity management), ISO/IEC 20000 (for IT service management), TL 9000 and ISO 9001 (for quality management), SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3(for audit)

Learn more from Compliance Certificates in the Compliance Center.

To maintain and strengthen the financial security and stability of financial institutions, Kenya's financial regulators have issued many regulations, including:

(a) Risk Management Guidelines. This document outlines the essential requirements for risk management systems and frameworks across all agencies. It covers various aspects including the risk management framework, strategic risk management, credit risk management, liquidity risk management, market risk management, operational risk management, information and communication technology risk management, and compliance risk management.

(b) IRA Guideline on Risk Management and Internal Controls. This guideline requires insurance companies to have effective risk management and internal control systems as part of the overall corporate governance framework, including effective functions for risk management, compliance, and internal audits.

(c) CBK Prudential Guideline on Outsourcing (CBK/PG/16). This guideline states specific requirements related to internal controls, standard of care, risk management practices for outsourced financial services, regulatory and supervisory requirements, and offshore outsourcing of financial services in Part IV.

(d) Guidance Note on Cybersecurity. This note specifies the minimum requirements all institutions shall comply with in developing and implementing strategies, policies, procedures, and related activities aimed at mitigating cyber risks. The note mainly covers areas such as risk management, outsourcing, information and communications technology, internal control, and corporate governance.

(e) Guideline on Cybersecurity for Payment Service Providers. This guideline outlines the minimum requirements that payment service providers (PSPs) shall adopt in the development and implementation of cyber security governance and risk management frameworks.

For more details, see HUAWEI CLOUD Compliance with Kenya Privacy Protection Regulations.