National security laws

Finland Aiming To Add Offensive Edge To Cyberwar Arsenal

The planned reform of Finland’s cyber defense and intelligence gathering laws will likely include new provisions to give the military and national security services new effective legal tools to launch offensive operations against hostile attacks in the cyberwarfare space.

The legislative reform initiative has been tasked to the so-called Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) on intelligence legislation. The PMG, which reports to the Ministry of the Interior, is expected to complete its work in the final quarter of 2016.

The proposed security legislation will add greater clarity to existing Finnish laws relating to intelligence gathering, at home and abroad, as well as strengthening cyber defense activities and capabilities within the overall domain of national security.