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Senators and subject matter experts in Mexico are collaborating on the creation of new laws and regulations that allow for better protection of cyberspace, taking as a reference the legislative work carried out in Chile, which has become a benchmark in digital matters on the continent. Senator Kenneth Pugh presented on the Cybersecurity Framework Law to the Permanent Commission on Public Security of the Mexican Senate, in a session coordinated with the Mexican Academy of Cybersecurity and Digital Law; and the Mexico-Cybersecurity Alliance, within the framework of the second Forum of an initiative that seeks to create a national cybersecurity strategy, with laws and regulations in accordance with it. The project Towards a National Cybersecurity Strategy in Mexico: And principles for legislation and regulation in cybersecurity, has been developed jointly by public and private institutions, in a collaborative manner, exchanging knowledge and experiences in order to strengthen public policies in Mexico, in a similar way to the Chilean initiative Foro Ciber. At the event, the congressmen highlighted Chile as one of the most advanced countries in cybersecurity in the region.
The host of the event was the president of the Public Security Commission of the Senate of the Mexican Republic, Senator Lucia Trasvina, and the presidents of the Digital Rights Commissions also participated: for Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation on the Application and Development of Artificial Intelligence in Mexico; the President of AMSID, and virtually, from Chile, Senator Pugh. In the presentation of the meeting, Senator Lucia Trasvina highlighted the importance of cybersecurity as a strategic priority for countries, considering that we are in the digital age: There are challenges to address. Growing cyber threats, the increase in cyber attacks, both internal and external, are affecting governments, companies and citizens. From ransomware to cyber espionage, the diversity of threats requires a rapid and coordinated response. The introduction to Senator Kenneth Pughs presentation was given by Sissi De la Pena, Director of International and Governmental Relations at the Mexican Academy of Cybersecurity (Amcid), who highlighted the Chilean legislators experience in cybersecurity and the countrys positioning in this area. The senator has been a key player in the implementation of the Chilean governments national cybersecurity strategy, which is very important and has a lot of experience in development.
Chile is now one of the most advanced countries in the regions digital agenda. It is not for nothing that in the latest Latin American artificial intelligence index, Chile stands out as the most relevant country with the greatest advances, not only in artificial intelligence, but in the entire component of the digital agenda to advance the countrys development, said Dela La Pena. For his part, Senator Kenneth Pugh highlighted in his presentation the different aspects that Chile has worked on to achieve significant progress in cybersecurity, starting with universal access to the Internet as a public service; continuing with the awareness of people, industries, and institutions; highlighting the Framework Law, which creates the regulation of this matter for public and private institutions and, along with it, the institutionality in charge of ensuring that these regulations are complied with; and the Personal Data Protection Law, soon to be published, after its approval by the Constitutional Court.
