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Article NO. Content

Title:

Regulations on the Notification and Response of Cyber Security Incident  CH

Amended Date: 2021.08.23 
Article 5 After the completion of the notification of the cyber security incident, the competent authority shall complete the review of the level of such cyber security incident within the following timeframes, and may change its level according to the review results:<br/>1. Within eight hours after receipt of the notification of a level-1 or level-2 cyber security incident.<br/>2. Within two hours after receipt of the notification of a level-3 or level-4 cyber security incident.<br/>The Presidential Office, the agencies directly subordinate to the central first-level agencies, and special municipalities and county (city) governments shall, after the notification of the cyber security incident, conducted by themselves, their subordinate or supervisory government agencies, their governed villages (townships/cities), mountain indigenous district offices of special municipalities, and the subordinate or supervisory government agencies of such governed villages (townships/cities) and mountain indigenous district offices of special municipalities, and the representative councils of the above said villages (townships/cities) and Mountain Indigenous Districts of Special Municipalities councils, complete the review of level of such cyber security incident within the timeframes as required under the preceding paragraph, and may change its level according to the review results.<br/>After completion of the required review of the level of the cyber security incident, the agencies under the preceding paragraph shall notify the competent authority of the review results within one hour, and shall provide information relating to the basis of the reviews.<br/>The Presidential Office, the National Security Council, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, the Examination Yuan, the Control Yuan, and special municipalities and county (city) councils shall, after completion of their own notification of cyber security incident, conduct the review of the level of such cyber security incident within the timeframes as specified under Paragraph 1, and shall notify and provide the competent authority with relevant information as required under the preceding paragraph.<br/>Upon receipt of the notifications under the preceding two paragraphs, the competent authority shall further review the level of the cyber security incident according to the relevant information, and may change its level according to the review result. However, if it is deemed necessary, or if the agencies under Paragraph 2 and the preceding paragraph fail to notify of the required review results, the competent authority may directly review such cyber security incident and may change its level.