Legal Aspects of Cybersecurity

Objectives

  • Understand the legal issues relating to cybersecurity.
  • Present and discuss the most relevant legislation on cybersecurity.
  • Raise awareness of the necessary relationship with supervisory bodies.

Program

  • Introduction - Cybersecurity, ethics and law
  • Regulating security in cyberspace
  • Legal framework for cybersecurity
  • European cybersecurity regulation and agency (Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019)
  • Legal framework for cyberspace security in Portugal (Law no. 46/2018, of August 13, and Decree-Law no. 65/2021, of July 30)
  • Critical infrastructures and essential services
  • Crimes against the security of computer systems
  • International cooperation and means of obtaining digital evidence
  • Personal data protection.
  • Electronic communications
  • Electronic commerce, electronic payments and electronic identification
  • The Artificial Intelligence Regulation and cybersecurity
  • Ethics and Professional Deontology
  • Principles for Ethical Hacking
  • Professional ethics for cybersecurity activities

Bibliography

  • F. Andrade, J. Abreu, P. Freitas (Ed.). Legal Developments in Cybersecurity and Related Fields. Springer, 2024.
  • Relatório Ciber-Segurança em Portugal - Ética & Direito”, do CNCS - Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança / Observatório de Cibersegurança, edição JUSGOV e CNCS, Dezembro 2020
  • M. Antunes, B. Rodrigues. Introdução à Cibersegurança - A Internet, os Aspetos Legais e a Análise Digital Forense. FCA, 2022.
  • P. Venâncio. Lições de Direito do Cibercrime e da Tutela Penal de Dados Pessoais. Editora D’Ideias, 2022.
  • F. Andrade. Análise crítica de alguns aspetos da Proposta de Regulamento Europeu para a Inteligência Artificial, in Inteligência Artificial e Robótica - Desafios para o Direito do Século XXI. Gestlegal, 2022.

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