Cybersecurity Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Provider-Owned Critical Information Infrastructure
14. Duty to report cybersecurity incident in respect of provider‑owned critical information infrastructure, etc.
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The owner of a provider-owned critical information infrastructure must notify the Commissioner of the occurrence of any of the following in the prescribed form and manner, within the prescribed period after becoming aware of such occurrence:
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Cybersecurity appointed under section 4(1)(a);
a prescribed cybersecurity incident in respect of the provider-owned critical information infrastructure;
a prescribed cybersecurity incident in respect of any computer or computer system under the owner’s control that is interconnected with or that communicates with the provider-owned critical information infrastructure;
a prescribed cybersecurity incident in respect of any other computer or computer system under the owner’s control that does not fall within paragraph (b);
a prescribed cybersecurity incident in respect of any computer or computer system under the control of a supplier to the owner that is interconnected with or that communicates with the provider‑owned critical information infrastructure;
any other type of cybersecurity incident in respect of the provider-owned critical information infrastructure that the Commissioner has specified by written direction to the owner.
The owner of a provider-owned critical information infrastructure must establish such mechanisms and processes for the purposes of detecting cybersecurity threats and incidents in respect of the provider-owned critical information infrastructure, as set out in any applicable code of practice.
cybersecurity
“cybersecurity” means the state in which a computer or computer system is protected from unauthorised access or attack, and because of that state —(a)the computer or computer system continues to be available and operational;(b)the integrity of the computer or computer system is maintained; and(c)the integrity and confidentiality of information stored in, processed by or transmitted through the computer or computer system is maintained;
Any owner of a provider-owned critical information infrastructure who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
provider‑owned critical information infrastructure
“provider‑owned critical information infrastructure” means a computer or a computer system in respect of which a designation under section 7(1) or (1A) is in effect;