Presidential Circular on Information and Communication Security
Measures ("Circular") is published in the Official
Gazette of July 6, 2019. The aim of the Circular is reducing of
security risks and governing measures to be taken to ensure safety
of information which is critical to national security and public
order.
The Circular imposes several security obligations on public
institutions regarding (i) storage and transfer of critical
information (i.e. health, contact and biometric information),
confidential information and corporate information, (ii) cyber
threat notifications and (iii) industrial check systems.
According to the Circular, "Information and Communication
Security Guidelines" ("Guidelines") will be prepared
and published by the Presidency's Digital Transformation Office
("Office") in light of the national and international
standards on information security on the Office's website at
www.cbddo.gov.tr.
