Dimitri Gugunava

Data Exchange Agency

Data Exchange Agency (DEA) started its operation on January 4, 2010. The agency operates under the status of LEPL (Legal Entity of Public Law) and is governed by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. DEA's overall activity is divided into several directions. Each of them bears equal importance and strives to support the following fields: Promoting information security within the country is a DEA's strategic goal. E-governance development, creation and installation of unified Georgian Governmental Gateway (3G) and its monitoring, establishment of data exchange infrastructure. Setting ICT standards for public sector entities and elaborating information security policies are the agency's another important responsibility. Subsequently, the agency's core functions can be split into 3 directions: • Information Security. • E-governance; • Data Exchange Infrastructure;