The Digital Security Act is being “transformed” and “modernised” and will now be named the Cyber Security Act, in which sections of the existing law will be amended.
The government did not pay heed to the demands by civil society members and others to repeal the DSA and draft a new law in its stead.
The proposed law will be placed before parliament for approval when it goes into session in September, said Anisul. If passed, the existing cases under the DSA will then automatically come under the Cyber Security Act. There is little doubt that the law will be passed.
