N AT I O N A L C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y ST R AT E GY I V
• The Luxembourg Institute of Regulation
(ILR) is the single point of contact for
Luxembourg in the implementation of the
European Directive on security of networks
and information systems (NIS Directive)
and the competent authority for all sectors referred to in the NIS Law except
for the financial sector which remains
under the aegis of the Financial Sector
Supervisory Commission (“CSSF”). Within
this framework, the Institute has been
entrusted with new competences in the
field of network and information system
security as well as in the context of cybersecurity. In concrete terms, the Institute’s
role as a competent authority is to ensure
that the sectors under its responsibility
(energy, transport, health, drinking water,
digital infrastructure, and digital service
providers) achieve a high common level of
security in order to assume responsibility
for computer incidents or cyberattacks and
thus prevent incidents with a significant
impact on the availability, confidentiality
and integrity of essential services.
• The Ministry of State – Department of
Media, Telecommunications and Digital
Policy (SMC) follows the European Council’s
Working Party on Telecommunications
and Information Society and its preparatory meetings. It covers the subject of
cybersecurity strategy, particularly in the
field of electronic communications networks, under the banner of the Minister
for Communications and Media, on behalf
of the Ministry of State.
• Within the Ministry for Digitalisation, the
mission of the Government IT Centre (CTIE)
is governed by its amended organic law
of 20 April 2009. Within the framework
of its remit, its mission includes ensuring
the security of information technology,
the management of electronic and computer equipment and appropriate security,
the administration of the State’s computer network and the production of secure
administrative documents.
• The mission of the State Intelligence
Service is to seek, analyse and process
intelligence relating to cyber threats insofar as it may be related to espionage, interference, terrorism, extremism with violent
propensity, proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction or defence-related products and related technologies.
• Two directorates of the Ministry of Foreign
and European Affairs are concerned:
- The Directorate of Political Affairs coordinates work on cyber diplomacy. This
includes following the activities of
the Horizontal Working Party on Cyber
Issues of the Council of the European
Union, the “EU Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox”
and the cyber-sanctions regime, as well
as other cyber diplomacy activities at
international level, in particular within
the framework of the United Nations.
- The Directorate of Defence is committed
to this topic because cyber defence is
one of NATO’s core tasks, as cyberattacks are an important part of hybrid
warfare. It should also be noted that
NATO and the European Union signed a
cyber defence cooperation agreement in
February 2016 to address the common
challenges faced by both organisations.
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