Germany: Bavarian data protection authority cybersecurity audit

Progress

Current status

adopted

31 May 2022 adopted

01 Dec 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

Germany

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Cybersecurity regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

cross-cutting

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

data protection authority

Implementation Level

subnational

Timeline of events

31 May 2022

adopted

BayLDA announces expansion of cybersecurity audit campaign to security of email accounts

On 31 May 2022, the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA), the Bavarian data protection authority, has announced it has expanded the range of its audit campaign on cybersecurity. Previously the audit focused only on ransomware. From…

Source

Event type inquiry

Action type adoption

Government branch executive

Government body data protection authority

01 Dec 2021

under deliberation

BayLDA announces cybersecurity audit campaign

On 1 December 2021, the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA), the Bavarian data protection authority, announced an audit campaign on cybersecurity, focusing on providing guidelines for the prevention of ransomware attacks.