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for electronic transactions in the internal market and Directive 2016/1148 on the
security of network and information systems.
Upon the proposal of the Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska, the Law on
Security of Critical Infrastructure (Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, 58/19) was
adopted and thereby created the basis for the implementation of Directive
2008/114/EC and the European Union Network Information Security Directive. In
this way, legislative capacities have been created, as has the definition of the critical
infrastructure in this entity for the purpose of reacting to any incidents, i ncluding
cyberrelated incidents.
Also, this institution participated in the following projects: the 2015 Instrument
for Pre-accession Assistance project, “Enhance the quality and safety of information
exchange among law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, “Capacity
Building for Criminal Justice Practitioners Combating Cybercrime and Cyber enabled Crime”, iPROCEEDS and iPROCEEDS-2. This Ministry also prepares the
infrastructure for safe data exchange with other institutions and legal subjects, and
provides services based on security mechanisms defined in the European Union
Directive Regulation on electronic identification and trust services fo r electronic
transactions in the internal market. Also, documents related to the realization of
current mechanisms in information security are being drafted.
The Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska also has a dedicated unit for high tech crime and, as do all other law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
it works with the International Criminal Police Organization, the European Union
Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, the European Union Agency for Criminal
Justice Cooperation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, OSCE, the
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training, the United States Embassy,
International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program, the International
Police Association , the United Nations Children’s Fund and many other embassies
and international organizations. The areas of cooperation include ed ucation, training,
knowledge and data exchange, among others.
When it comes to additional bodies for ensuring cybersecurity in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, the entity Republika Srpska adopted, in 2011, the Law on Information
Security (Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, 70/11), which defines the basic
information security rules. In accordance with the Law, the department for
information security, namely the Computer Emergency Response Team, in Republika
Srpska has been established in the former Agency for Information Society of
Republika Srpska (which is now the Ministry for Scientific and Technological
Development, Higher Education and Information Society). This body has the task of
coordinating prevention, protecting against computer security incidents and
protecting the cyberinfrastructure of public bodies and legal and physical persons. In
the past two years, this body has established the Security Operati ons Centre for the
government of Republika Srpska with the aim of protecting the relevant infrastructure
from the information security point of view. Training for the operators has also been
conducted and three-shift work has started. This body works intensively on becoming
accredited by or a member of relevant international organizations.
Canada
[Original: English, French]
[7 May 2020]
On cybersecurity, Canada:
• Is committed to promoting international stability, as well as a free, open and
secure cyberspace
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