Advisory Board for Network Security

LVM026:00/2021 Body

Advisory Board for Network Security has been set up to assess and develop the security of domestic communications networks and to support decision-making by the authorities. It may also discuss other cyber security issues identified by the Government.

Basic information Completed

Project number LVM026:00/2021

Case numbers VN/297/2021

Set by Ministry of Transport and Communications

Term/schedule 15.2.2021 – 30.6.2022

Date of appointment 15.2.2021

Type of body Advisory board

Project status

Goals and results

Advisory Board for Network Security has been set up to assess and develop the security of domestic communications networks.

Starting points

The setting up of the Advisory Board responds to the EU’s joint risk assessment on the security of 5G networks carried out during Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU as well as to the EU toolbox for 5G security issued in January 2020 that includes recommendations on how to improve 5G security. The Advisory Board is based on the new provisions of the Act on Electronic Communications Services that entered into force at the beginning of 2021. They are part of the implementation of the EU guidelines and toolbox in Finland.

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