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What a Standards-Aligned Approach Actually Means
ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, ITIL, TOGAF and PMI PMBOK are often cited and rarely adapted. Here is how we…
Cloud Readiness for Somali Institutions
Migration is rarely the first step. A short guide to the assessment, data-classification and governance…
Welcome to CyTechSom Consulting
A short introduction to who we are, why we were founded in 2015, and what we intend to…
What a Standards-Aligned Approach Actually Means
ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, ITIL, TOGAF and PMI PMBOK are often cited and rarely adapted. Here is how we…
Cloud Readiness for Somali Institutions
Migration is rarely the first step. A short guide to the assessment, data-classification and governance…
Responsible AI Adoption in the Public Sector
Governance and ethics safeguards shouldn't be an afterthought. A practical framework for institutions…
From Paper to Platform: Modernising Citizen Services
Business process re-engineering succeeds or fails on change management. Lessons from phased…
Building a National ICT Master Plan That Survives Contact
Enterprise architecture frameworks like TOGAF are only useful if they're scoped to institutional capacity…
CyTechSom Opens New Office in Hargeisa
A new base in Somaliland to bring our advisory and delivery teams closer to clients outside Mogadishu…
Why SOC-as-a-Service Fits Growing Institutions
Not every organisation needs an in-house security operations centre from day one. Here's the middle path…
Choosing Between Azure, AWS and GCP for Government Workloads
Procurement rules, data residency and existing licensing usually decide this before technical merit does…
Building an AI Readiness Checklist for Ministries
Before any pilot, most institutions need to answer questions about data, governance and staff capacity…
Change Management Lessons From Three Failed Rollouts
Technology rarely fails on its own. What we learned reviewing three transformation projects that stalled…
Enterprise Architecture for Institutions With Limited Budgets
You don't need a full TOGAF implementation on day one. A scoped-down approach that still holds up…
Custom ERP vs Off-the-Shelf: Making the Call
The build-vs-buy decision usually comes down to how unusual your processes actually are. A framework…
Designing an HRMS for Public Sector Workforces
Payroll, leave and workforce records for large institutions come with constraints most off-the-shelf tools miss…
4G Rollout Progress Across Somaliland
An overview of coverage expansion, remaining gaps, and what it means for institutions planning connectivity…
Data Centre Standards for East Africa
Uptime, cooling and physical security requirements that regional facilities increasingly need to meet…
Accessibility Basics for Government Websites
Public-facing sites carry a higher bar for accessibility. Where most institutional websites fall short…
Why We Build on Performance Budgets, Not Just Frameworks
Choosing a framework matters less than setting hard limits on load time and bundle size from the start…
Designing Offline-First Apps for Low-Connectivity Regions
For much of the region, assuming a stable connection is the wrong default. What offline-first actually requires…
Cross-Platform vs Native: A Field Report
React Native and Flutter cover most needs now, but a few project types still push us back to native…
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