Critical information infrastructure
Digital infrastructure whose disruption could seriously affect essential services, public safety or national interests. Formal designation is governed by law.
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Digital infrastructure whose disruption could seriously affect essential services, public safety or national interests. Formal designation is governed by law.
Criminal activity involving computer systems, networks or data. The elements of a particular offence depend on the applicable law.
The people, processes and technical measures used to protect digital systems and the information they hold.
A security incident in which information is lost, changed, disclosed or accessed without authorisation.
A person or organisation that determines why and how personal data is processed. Consult the Act for the legal definition.
Information from digital devices or systems that may help establish what happened in an investigation.