His Majesty issues Royal Decree for the establishment of Cyber Defence Centre

Merge 104.8  |  10 June 2020

His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has issued a Royal Decree No. 64/2020 establishing a Cyber Defence Centre and promulgating its system.

In a statement issued online today [Wednesday, June 10] by Oman News Agency (ONA), the Royal Decree outlines the following:

Article (1) stipulates that a centre to be named ‘The Cyber Defence Centre’ shall be set up. The centre shall report to the Internal Security Service and be governed by provisions of the system attached to this decree.

Article (2) says that the Head of the Internal Security Service shall issue the bylaws and decisions necessary for the implementation of provisions of the attached system. 

Article (3) cancels all that contradicts this decree and the attached system, or contravenes with their provisions.

Article (4) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from the day following its date of publishing.

Source: ONA

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