The security of the state in cyberspace: an area covering the secure functioning of the state, its structures, citizens, businesses and ICT systems.
Summary of the BBN’s 2020 proposed definition. In law, the Act on the National Cybersecurity System takes its definition of cybersecurity from EU Regulation 2019/881 (Article 2).1,2
Sources
- National Security Bureau, (Mini)dictionary of the BBN. Proposals for new terms in the field of security, 15.05.2020 (working proposals, copy at koziej.pl) (in Polish)
- Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Act on the national cybersecurity system, consolidated text, Journal of Laws 2026, item 20, as amended (consolidated text prepared by the Chancellery of the Sejm) (in Polish)
Checked: 3 November 2026