Ghana ·Law

Ghana's Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038)

In force · 29 December 2020

Summary

The Act establishes the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) as the national regulator and governs critical information infrastructure protection. It provides for sectoral CERTs and a national CERT, imposes incident reporting duties and introduces licensing and accreditation for cybersecurity service providers and professionals. It also contains rules on child online protection.

Original title

Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038)

Title in other languages

• Legge sulla cybersicurezza del Ghana 2020 (Act 1038)
• Loi de 2020 sur la cybersécurité du Ghana (Act 1038)
• Ley de Ciberseguridad de Ghana de 2020 (Act 1038)

Jurisdiction

Ghana

Issuing body

Parliament of Ghana

Official number

Act 1038

Type

Law

Date adopted

29 December 2020

Status

In force

Available languages

English

Topics

• Governance and coordination
• Critical infrastructure
• Incident management / CSIRT
• Certification

Licence / terms of use

Unknown

Notes

Il link porta al testo su GhaLII (Ghana Legal Information Institute), perché la pagina dell'archivio del Parlamento non risponde più. Data dell'assenso presidenziale (29 dicembre 2020) da verificare in redazione.

Collected from

manuale

Last verified

27 October 2026 (verified by Claude (ricerca web, da revisionare in redazione))

Parliament of Ghana. (2020). Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038) (Act 1038). https://ghalii.org/akn/gh/act/2020/1038

Parliament of Ghana. "Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038)." 29 December 2020. https://ghalii.org/akn/gh/act/2020/1038.

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  author       = {{Parliament of Ghana}},
  title        = {{Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038)}},
  year         = {2020},
  note         = {Act 1038},
  url          = {https://ghalii.org/akn/gh/act/2020/1038},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27}
}

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