Arab Parliament Passes First Law to Protect Cybersecurity

Today, Wednesday, the Arab Parliament announced the adoption of the first guiding Arab law to protect and enhance cybersecurity in Arab countries.

A statement issued by the Arab Parliament, published on its official website, stated that the adoption of the law came within the framework of supporting Arab efforts to develop a comprehensive legal framework to confront cybercrime, enhance the protection of technical systems and their components, and secure the services they provide and the data they contain, from any illegal acts.

The statement added that this law was ratified during the first session of the Arab Parliament.

Over its session, the Arab Parliament approved the draft law, which began as a proposal submitted by the Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Adel Al-Asumi.

The draft was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Political and National Security, in order to prepare the first draft of the draft law.

The statement of the Arab Parliament revealed that the draft was sent to Arab parliaments and councils to receive their comments on the bill ahead of the final formulation being received from parliaments across the Arab world after adding amendments to the draft. The draft will be revised by a number of professors specialized in this field.

Al-Asumi said the Law on the Protection and Promotion of Cyber ​​Security in the Arab Countries aims to govern the concept of cybersecurity and its applications within the relevant institutions in the Arab countries, protect sensitive infrastructure that depends on information technology in its operation, as well as raise societal awareness about security issues. Cyber.”

The Speaker of the Arab Parliament stated that during the stages of drafting this law, the already existing national laws in this field in a number of Arab countries, as well as some Arab national strategies to combat cybercrime, were taken into consideration.

He added that the existing laws were used in other international experiences such as the countries of the European Union.