Overview
The following cybersecurity overview covers six jurisdictions
(the US, the EU, Germany, France, Australia and Mexico). For the
purpose of this overview, the term cybersecurity refers to the
protection of networks, hardware, software and data from attacks,
damage or unauthorised access ("attacks").
Cybersecurity legislation is under development in most countries
and is generally scattered over different areas of law. We have
grouped these laws into the following categories.
- Domestic law security
requirements: These types of
legislation impose requirements on public authorities and private
operators in civil society to ensure that they have security
measures in place to prevent attacks. These often impose
minimum standards to protect public service functions (essential
services or critical infrastructure) against cyber threats (e.g.
water, hospitals, banking). Also, cybersecurity rules in relation
to data privacy belong to this group.
