Key Elements of Cybersecurity Laws
Many countries have enacted impactful cybersecurity laws to effectively address the growing cyber-crimes and ease the legal proceedings. Given the fact that every country has its own set of cybersecurity laws, the following are the broad categories unto which general cybersecurity laws can be summed up:
- Cybersecurity Laws pertaining to confidentiality and integrity of data
These laws take into the following cases:
- Illegal access to data including cracking and hacking.
- Data espionage amounting to illegal data acquisition.
- Unlawful interception.
- Illegal data interference.
- Unauthorized system interference.
- Cybersecurity Laws pertaining to Content-related Offenses
These laws take into account the following situations:
- Promotion of false information.
- Unlawful online gaming and gambling.
- Hate speech, Racism, and promotion of violence
- Any other act amounting to illegal content.
- Cybersecurity Laws pertaining to Trademark and Copyrights
These laws include the following attempts:
- Copyrights infringement.
- Trademark exploitation related to offenses.
- Cybersecurity Laws pertaining to Computer related Wrongdoings
These laws include the following cases:
- Offenses related to computers such as fraud or any forgery related attempt.
- Misuse of identity and device(s).
- Cybersecurity Laws for the Miscellaneous Offenses
Apart from the above-mentioned categorized offenses, the following are the situations that are also prosecutable offenses under cybersecurity laws:
- Usage of the internet for terrorism or facilitating such acts online.
- Cyber-laundering.
As stated earlier, every country has its own set of cybersecurity laws and prosecute them as per their local legal framework. But the above elements are found generally in every cybersecurity law. Nevertheless, the list of offenses keeps on growing, as these fast-paced technological developments are paving new ways for humane benefit as well as for exploitations by the cyber attackers.