Legal basis of cybersecurity on the background of polish and UE legislation

• Main Authors: Dygnatowski Sławomir, Dygnatowski Włodzimierz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2020-12-01
• Series: Journal of KONBiN
• Subjects: cyber-attacks; cyber-security; legal grounds for responding to cyber-attacks
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/jok-2020-0090

The last decades have brought about the rapid development of information technology, which was reflected in all areas of social life and economic. Unfortunately, the ongoing digitization and the presence of individuals, private entities as well as countries in the network makes them exposed to new types of threats that have never been seen before. The perpetrators of these threats may be individuals, organized criminal groups or foreign country interviews. Threats and vectors of attacks has many forms, and their evolution continues all along with the progressive development of broadly understood cyberspace. In order to be able to effectively fight with the increasing threats in cyberspace, not only technical and organizational measures are needed, but also the formal and legal framework to combat cyber-attacks. In this article, the authors discuss the legal comparison of the basics of cyber security against the Polish background and EU legislation.