1. The European Capabilities against Cyber Threats: Strengthening IT Security in Germany
- Author:
- CEBRI
- Publication Date:
- 08-2017
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- the Digital Agenda, in 2014 the German Federal Government proposed, within the framework of an IT Security Law, to strengthen IT security by expanding partnerships with critical infrastructure providers and by creating legal requirements, in addition to introducing an obligation to report significant incidents in the IT area. Germany was a pioneer with the IT Security Law in 2015.3 Through this law, critical infrastructure providers are required to ensure the security of their IT infrastructures according to the latest technology. The sectors concerned (information technology and telecommunications, energy management, food industry, water management, finance, transport and transit, as well as the health sector) have been defined in two regulations of the German Ministry of Interior, considering the quality and the amount of penetration rate achieved by systems, equipment or parts of critical infrastructures. The last regulation came into force at the end of June 2017.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Germany and Global Focus