New Cyprus 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.

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