Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajić stated that the first information security law will be passed soon thus regulating the legal framework in this field in a comprehensive way.

“So far, this field was defined through at least eight different laws, and now this will be a full legal framework that Serbia will get through the information security law,” Ljajić said at a conference on information security organized by the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications in cooperation with the Embassy of the United States of America in Belgrade and the Ministries of Interior and Defense of the Republic of Serbia.

The draft law is in line with the European strategy on security of information systems, said Ljajić.

Moreover, it will define the obligations and responsibilities of all legal persons in the course of using and managing of information systems, as well as jurisdictions in the implementation of the law, added Ljajić.

Ljajić underlined that this will be the first time that a body for coordination of information security affairs and a national center for prevention of security risks in the information-communication systems will be established.

U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michel Kirby said that Serbia can expect assistance from U.S. companies in combating hi-tech crime.