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Amended Information Technology Security Law

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Informācijas tehnoloģiju drošības likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of information technology security information technology to make the Security Act (Latvian journal 2010, 178. No; No 179; in 2012, 2013, 228. no) the following amendments: 1. Replace article 5, paragraph 2, second subparagraph, the words "flow technical features" with the word "flow". 2. in article 6: to complement the second paragraph after the words "security holder in the case of the incident" with the word "immediately"; to complement the fourth paragraph by the word "the" with the words "provision of the underlying shall inform the public service Commission and of adjustment". 3. To supplement the law with article 6.1 as follows: "article 6.1. Action information technology security gaps in case of detection (1) information technology security gaps (hereinafter security gaps) is essential for information systems or electronic communications network construction, maintenance or modification of the course of intentionally or unintentionally created systemic weaknesses that could result in compromised the integrity of information technology, accessibility or privacy. (2) a State or municipal institution, information technology critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor, found security gaps, within 90 days of taking all the necessary steps to prevent, as well as the observed shall immediately inform the institution of the security incident prevention. (3) security incident prevention authority, found security gaps, of this fact immediately inform information systems or electronic communications network owner or legal possessor. State or municipal institution, information technology critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor security incident prevention authority within a specified time limit, but not later than 90 days from the date of the information makes all the security failure steps. " 4. Add to article 8 to the fifth subparagraph by the following: "(5) the cabinet shall determine the information and communication technology the minimum security requirements and procedures for State and local government bodies provide information and communication technology systems in compliance with the minimum security requirements." 5. the transitional provisions be supplemented with paragraph 5 by the following: "5. The Cabinet of Ministers until March 15 2015. does article 8 of this law in the fifth subparagraph, the terms". The Parliament adopted the law 2015 5 February. The President a. Smith in 2015 on February 18.