{"id":239314,"date":"2026-07-01T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law-jamaica-information-service\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:26:00","slug":"government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law-jamaica-information-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law-jamaica-information-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Develop New Cybersecurity Law \u2013 Jamaica Information Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law\/\">Government to Develop New Cybersecurity Law \u2013 Jamaica Information Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law\/\">https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-01 13:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"jis.gov.jm\">jis.gov.jm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. The Government is moving to develop a new national cybersecurity law, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Science, Technology and Special Projects, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.<br \/>\nHe made the disclosure during his recent contribution to the 2026\/27 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives.<br \/>\nDr. Wheatley informed that the foundation has already been laid with a comprehensive legislative drafting instructions matrix for Jamaica\u2019s Cybersecurity Act completed in July 2024.<br \/>\nIt was one of six documents produced to strengthen Jamaica\u2019s national cybersecurity ecosystem in preparation for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) investment programme.<br \/>\n\u201cThat matrix provides a near-complete blueprint for what this law will contain and how it should be structured. The legislative pathway is clearly defined and the timeline is set. A cybersecurity policy and legislative gap assessment will be completed within the first four months of our new national governance framework. Drafting instructions will be finalised by month six. Cabinet submissions on the full legislative package are targeted for months nine to 12,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nDr. Wheatley said that the law will create a formal framework for designating and protecting critical information infrastructure, and establish the National Cybersecurity Directorate in statute, giving Jamaica\u2019s permanent cybersecurity authority a legal foundation that \u201cno future change in administration can quietly dismantle\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will mandate minimum cybersecurity standards across regulated sectors, with the authority to enforce compliance. It will create clear obligations for incident reporting, responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities, and the regulation of cybersecurity service providers operating in Jamaica,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nThe Minister noted that the legislation will establish Jamaica as the Caribbean\u2019s legislative standard bearer in this domain.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government to Develop New Cybersecurity Law \u2013 Jamaica Information Service https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/government-to-develop-new-cybersecurity-law\/ Publish Date: 2026-07-01 13:26:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-239314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}