10Cybersecurity Regulations, Standards, and Frameworks

DOI: 10.4324/9781003052616-12

As our country increasingly relies on digital commerce and digital assets, it will be important for Government to strengthen our security laws accordingly.

Ursuline Foley, Board Director and Former CIO Axa XL

General

A cybersecurity regulation is a legal directive that establishes mechanisms that should be in place to safeguard digital assets. Cyber regulations force companies to spend money on cybersecurity programs that protect their systems and data.

As an example, The General Data Protection Regulation, also known formally as (EU) 2016/697 (GDPR) is an EU law that focuses on data protection of EU citizen privacy. It is a set of requirements that provides ...

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