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.
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LAW No. 9887, dated 10.03.2008, as amended “On Protection of Personal Data”
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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.
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