ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 26. Kazakhstan has
reassigned oversight of information security for critical digital
infrastructure to the National Security Committee (NSC), Trend reports via the press
service of the Kazakh president.
Under a presidential decree, the NSC will take over the
functions and powers previously held by the Ministry of Artificial
Intelligence and Digital Development related to state control in
the field of informatization, specifically concerning the
information security of critical information and communications
infrastructure facilities.
The decree designates the NSC as the legal successor to the
rights and obligations of the ministry within the scope of the
transferred responsibilities. The government, together with the
NSC, has been mandated to formulate the requisite statutory
modifications and undertake supplementary actions to actualize the
resolution.
The National Security Committee will also submit draft
amendments to its internal regulations for presidential
consideration. Oversight of the decree’s implementation has been
assigned to the Presidential Administration. The document enters
into force on the day it was signed.
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