BLOMSTEIN and Cybersecurity

In Germany, the quest to strengthen domestic standards of cyber protection has a number of legal implications – most of which have yet to be resolved – and, so far, specific cybersecurity expertise remains limited. At the same time, the distribution of duties and responsibilities among public authorities continues to be spread between numerous different actors. The chart below – depicting only the relevant authorities at the federal level – illustrates that the existing organisational structure needs to be strengthened and simplified:

Over the coming weeks BLOMSTEIN will be publishing a series of client briefings on the legal implications of current cybersecurity developments – specifically with regard to the practice areas of trade, competition and procurement law.