The government is working on a new project comprehensive cybersecurity law As announced Monday, it aims to fully define the functions of each of the multiple organizations involved in digital security shield efforts and maintain coordination among them. Minister of Digital Transformation José Luis Escrivá, at the Congress of Deputies. The goal is to prepare the text and take it to the Cortes by the end of this year.
The administration plans to approve an umbrella regulation that serves to regulate the fields of action of all institutions related to cybersecurity in Spain, to fully define the responsibilities of each and to clarify the coordination mechanisms between all institutions with a standard at the level of law. Organizations distributed among different ministries within the executive.
Currently more than one organization or organization, National Cybersecurity Institute (Incibe)Affiliated to the Ministry of Digital Transformation; HE Department of Homeland Security (Affiliated to the Presidency of Government); Part of the National Cryptology Center National Intelligence Center (CNI); Joint Cyberspace Command, Defense Personnel; The General Secretariat for Digital Governance (SGAD) now serves as part of Escrivá’s portfolio as part of the ministry under his command. public function; or also Civil Guard and National PoliceIt is affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, among other institutions.
“We need all institutions that do this very well to work with a legal umbrella that gives institutionality to their action mechanisms,” Escrivá said. he emphasized. The executive considers the development of the cybersecurity-related sector as a “strategic lever” for the Spanish economy as a whole, reducing the likelihood of cyber attacks on companies and individuals, accelerating the response time to such incidents and mitigating risks. Economic and operational impact of cybercrime activities. “The law will strengthen public and private cyber resilience capabilities, focusing on the most vulnerable and SMEs,” Escrivá said in a presentation to lawmakers on the Congressional Digital Transformation Committee.
without touching 5G
The new Cybersecurity Law aims to regulate this field of action with a comprehensive and general approach and does not imply changes to the existing security regulation in connection with the proliferation of 5G, the new generation of mobile communications. The government had already approved it in early 2022, just a few weeks after the start of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Special 5G Cyber Security Law, It will remain unchanged and remain in force as intended, ministry sources confirmed.
This legislation regarding 5G security is submitted to the Administrator. List of high-risk suppliers to ban join the core (sunflower seed) said he assumed that new networks and the telecom industry would use it to exclude Chinese tech companies (specifically Huawei and ZTE) for security reasons. This list has not been approved and the Government states that it has no intention of doing so.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation states that identifying specific risk suppliers or imposing a blanket veto on Chinese companies’ entry into new 5G infrastructures is no longer part of its immediate plans. The executive is now determined to examine and decide on a “case by case” basis the opportunity to establish measures in public aid programs to encourage, for example, the establishment of new networks.
In fact, by distributing public funds in the aid program 5G in rural areas (UNICO 5G Active Networks)There is no predetermined veto for any suppliers, whose 544 million prize will be awarded soon, but telecommunications companies are being warned that they will have to bear the cost of replacing the equipment of companies that could indirectly be considered risky companies. It means a block on the participation of Huawei or ZTE.
Escrivá suggested that all parliamentary groups reach three main consensuses related to digital transformation; specifically asked them to reach political agreements with social actors and citizens on the promotion of artificial intelligence and its ethical use; improving the country’s technological capabilities through the promotion of strategic investments and the use of greater digital infrastructure; and for the transformation of Public Administration.