Policy Paper on Cyber Security 2015 - 2017 manipulate, interfere with or damage the integrity, confidentiality, security and/or availability of data of an application or data from a computer system, without being entitled to do this. 1 LAW No. 9887, dated 10.03.2008, as amended “On Protection of Personal Data” 2 LAW No. 9918, dated 19.05.2008 on “Electronic Communications in the Republic of Albania” Cyber crime – is defined as the unauthorized interference with and/or through the use of ICT; the punishment for this offence is provided in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania.3 Critical Information Infrastructure – is defined as the information and communications systems and networks, the violation or damage of which would have a serious impact on the health, safety, and/or economic wellbeing of citizens, and/or effective functioning of the economy of the Republic of Albania. Cyber War – is defined as every act of war and/or around cyber space, which is connected mainly to the information technology. Cyber-espionage – is defined as the cyber attack, whose object is to violate the confidentiality of an ICT system (e.g. digital espionage). Cyber sabotage – is defined as the cyber attack, whose object is to violate the integrity and availability of ICT. Note: The words ‘computer’ and ‘cyber’ will be considered the same in this document to the effect of standartization. 6

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