Cyber-Security Regulation in Albania

Edvana Tiri () and Erjola Aliaj ()
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Edvana Tiri: Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences, Aleksander Moisiu University, Albania.
Erjola Aliaj: Faculty of Law, Mediterranean University of Albania.

Perspectives of Law and Public Administration, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 275-282

Abstract: The increasing access to cyberspace and its resources is having a significant impact on our societies and our daily lives, profoundly transforming the way we live, work and interact. The importance of cyber security converts into the need to keep information, data and devices private and secure. Cyber-security is an essential element for the flat functioning of all critical information infrastructures. In this context, the treatment of cyber-security in this paper is concrete, taking into account the cyberattack that our country went through, which was aimed at destroying critical structures and testing the capacities of Albania. It is worth noting that a secure cyber environment cannot function without giving it the opportunity to have the relevant mechanisms. Specifically, increasing cyber resilience in critical information infrastructures are flexible cyber security measures, which focus on the flat functioning of online public services keeping in focus the real threats and the risk management plan. Furthermore, within the framework of commitments as a candidate country of the European Union, Albania is meticulously implementing all European acts and international standards for the drafting of a consolidated and stable legal framework. In the present paper, through a legal assessment, special attention has been paid to the National Strategy for the period 2021-2023 and legal rules on cyber-security in the Albanian legislation, aiming to analyze the legal provisions, which regulate it in this regard. Also, an important objective of this paper is also the fact that it may serve as an important basis for further studies in this field. The analysis of the cyber-security legal regulation in Albania is based on the qualitative method, which contains also the research, analytical, descriptive, interpretive methods. The results of this paper, which treats an innovative topic, will stimulates debate in the academic level and contribute to the legal doctrine in Albania that lacks such

Keywords: cyber-security; national strategy; legal regulation; Albania. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F52 K24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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