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Adopted Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038) including security measures for critical information infrastructure providers

On 6 November 2020, the Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038) was adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana. The Act outlines measures for the designation, registration, and management of critical information infrastructure (CII). The Minister,…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, platform intermediary: other, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-11-06
adopted

On 6 November 2020, the Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038) was adopted by the Parliament of the Repu…

2020-12-29
in force

On 29 December 2020, the Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038) entered into force following its signin…