THE SPECIFICS: The drafts set out the details for an umbrella bill on information security, with the Executive Yuan prioritizing the bill for review in the next session

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 07, 2018
By: Lee Hsin-fang  /  Staff reporter

The Executive Yuan has finalized six drafts under an umbrella bill on information and communications security management, which the Cabinet hopes will be passed in the next session, sources said.

The six drafts include enforcement rules on information management, reporting and response rules on information security breaches, guidelines on the determination of responsibility for information security, evaluation guidelines on the enforcement of information safety plans, guidelines on sharing information regarding security and guidelines on commending and punishing public-sector personnel involved in information security incidents.

A clause in the bill proposing that information security authorities be allowed to search civilians’ homes in the case of a major information security breach was removed after it sparked controversy among lawmakers and the Executive Yuan conceded.
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