Oversight, Regulation, and Governance of Submarine Cables in Portuguese Waters—Which Carry 95% of Global Internet Data—Fall Under a Range of Public Bodies
Portugal's underwater internet cables remain dangerously unprotected
Responsibility for safeguarding the underwater cables passing through Portuguese waters lies with multiple government agencies, including the National Communications Authority (ANACOM), Infraestruturas de Portugal, the Internal Security System, the Navy and Air Force, the National Civil Emergency Planning Council, and the National Civil Protection Authority, among others.
Following a report published this Friday by Expresso on Portugal's delay in approving the National Strategy for the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure, the Digital Ecosystems and Infrastructure Observatory (OEID)—a collective of sector experts and organizations—issued a statement warning of "the urgent need for a central coordinating body to oversee all national entities involved in securing critical telecommunications infrastructure, with submarine cables requiring immediate inclusion in this framework."
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