Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level
Germany is finalising legislation aimed at shoring up the cyber security of suppliers of critical national infrastructure (CNI), according to Klaus Vitt, federal government commissioner for information technology.
The country is also working to ensure digital sovereignty through new IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union (EU) level.
“No matter how technology develops and what new threats arise, government is expected to safeguard internet security and provision. It shares a responsibility for the internet as an infrastructure,” Vitt told attendees of the ISSE 2015 security conference in Berlin.
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