National E-GP System Relaunches with Enhanced Security Features After Cyber Breach
Summary
Nepal’s National E-GP System has relaunched with a new security structure after a cyber breach forced a two-month shutdown. The upgraded platform now uses encryption, two-factor authentication, audit logs, and real-time monitoring to protect confidential bids and resume procurement worth billions of rupees.
Key Points
- The Public Procurement Monitoring Office has relaunched the second version of the National E-GP System after a prolonged shutdown caused by cybersecurity risks and hacking.
- The new platform uses encrypted storage, two-factor authentication, audit logs, and real-time monitoring to prevent unauthorized access to bid proposals.
- A government security audit cleared the system with minimal issues, and the first phase is now operating through bolpatra.gov.np.
- The second phase will later add contract-award and contract-management features, including automatic checks for contract limits and blacklisted companies.
