The role of international and regional agreements in the field of cybersecurity And the position of the Egyptian state towards it

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1 Advisor at the Court of Appeal, Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt

2 "Advisor at the Court of Appeal, Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt."

3 Department of Justice

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Cybersecurity has become an indispensable field in our world due to the need to combat cyber-attacks and electronic crimes. Therefore, it is imperative for the international community to address this technological criminal invasion by enacting more legislative and punitive measures and procedural laws that match the severity of these crimes and by establishing necessary regulations to confront them.
For this purpose, various international organizations have taken several initiatives in the field of combating cybercrime, including the International Telecommunication Union, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.
The European and international communities have also focused on regulating the field of information technology, making significant legislative efforts to combat the phenomenon of cybercrime. Among the most important of these efforts is the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime issued by the European Union, which aims primarily to harmonize the elements of substantive criminal law and provisions related to cybercrimes and to establish a rapid and effective system for international cooperation under the convention.
Additionally, the League of Arab States issued the Arab Convention on Combating Information Technology Crimes, aiming to enhance cooperation among Arab countries in the field of combating IT crimes.
Egypt has also witnessed strong momentum in the field of information and network security. The Supreme Council for Cybersecurity was established, chaired by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and includes representatives from the government, private sector, and civil society. Egypt also established the Egyptian Computer Emergency Readiness Team (EG-CERT), affiliated with the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, and created the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Readiness Team affiliated with the Central Bank. Furthermore, Egypt issued the National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2017-2021, followed by the National Cybersecurity Strategy for 2023-2027.

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