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Argentina: Second National Cybersecurity Strategy

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Resolution No. 44/2023

In brief

The Chief of Cabinet of Ministers (“Cabinet”) – via Resolution No. 44/2023 – (i) approved the Second National Cybersecurity Strategy (“Strategy”); (ii) created the Cybersecurity Management and Cooperation Unit (“Unit”); and (iii) established the functions of the Executive Unit of the National Cybersecurity Committee.

In focus

The Cabinet recently approved the Strategy aimed at establishing the guiding principles and primary purposes that will govern the establishment of national provisions regarding the protection of cyberspace.

The Strategy provides an update of the first National Cybersecurity Strategy, which was approved in May 2019 through Resolution No. 829 of the former Government Secretariat for Modernization of the Chief and seeks to address the new challenges posed by rapid technological advancements.

The Strategy was approved following a Public Consultation process that began in January 2023 and includes contributions from the public, private, and academic sectors, civil society, international organizations and entities, and the technical community.

The Strategy defines cybersecurity as the “set of policies and actions aimed at raising the security levels of ITC infrastructures,” which could be potentially vulnerable to threats and/or security incidents.

The Strategy also aims prevent incidents that will affect the administration of the state, organizations, essential services, and, consequently, the public.

In addition, the Cabinet created the Unit, which will be responsible for the preparation, promotion, and monitoring of the Strategy Action Plan. Further, the functions of the Executive Unit of the National Cybersecurity Committee have been outlined, thus consolidating a comprehensive approach to address cybersecurity challenges.

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Guillermo Cervio is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Buenos Aires office. With more than 30 years of experience, he is recognized as a foremost practitioner in his field. He founded the IT/C team in Argentina and was the coordinator of the LatAm IT/C team from 2008 to 2017. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie LatAm’s IPTC team.
Guillermo has authored books and articles on legal matters. He has won awards for his book “Derecho de las Telecomunicaciones” (National Academy of Law - Mención de honor, 1998, and Austral University - premio tesina,1997) as well as for the paper he filed in the IX National Congress on Corporate Law (Tucumán, 2004). He has been a professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Austral University, Palermo University, Catholic University and CEMA. In 2003, he was awarded the Folsom fellowship grant by the Center for American and International Law in Dallas.

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Martín Roth is a partner in the M&A, Real Estate and TMT practice groups in Baker McKenzie's Buenos Aires office. Martín has more than 13 years of extensive transactional domestic and international experience, focusing on the real estate and TMT industries. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he worked as a trainee lawyer on the Corporate, Banking/Finance and Litigation areas with a local law firm in Argentina. From 2007 to 2012, he worked in Baker McKenzie's Buenos Aires office. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as an independent attorney at another law firm. Martín rejoined the Buenos Aires office in 2016 and was named partner in July 2019.

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Valentina Biondi Grane is an Associate in Baker McKenzie, Buenos Aires office.

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