New Law On Data System Security

The Security of Networks and Information Systems Law, Number 17(I) of 2018, implements articles 8 and 9 of EU Directive 2016/1148 on measures to achieve a high common level of security of network and information systems throughout the EU. It designates the Commissioner for Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation (Commissioner), appointed under article 5 of the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law 112(I) of 2004, as the national competent authority for the purposes of article 8 of the directive, with responsibility for coordinating the implementation of the cyber-security strategy and monitoring the application of the directive at national level.

Article 3 of the new law establishes a National Digital Security Authority (NDSA) to implement the law under the auspices of the Commissioner. The NDSA is to be headed by an Assistant Commissioner who will advise and assist the Commissioner in exercising his powers and discharging his