Mexico Chapter- Cybersecurity 2020- International Comparative Legal Guides

We are pleased to share the Mexico Chapter – Cybersecurity 2020, published in International Comparative Legal Guides, which analyzes the legal and regulatory framework applicable to cybersecurity in Mexico, as well as the main trends, challenges, and compliance obligations in this area.

This chapter highlights the way cybersecurity is regulated in Mexico up to 2019. Even though there is no definition in Mexican law of the terms “cybercrime” and “cybersecurity”; the Federal Criminal Code regulates illegal behaviours committed through electronic means that could be identified as cybercrimes by the use of electronic means for their commission. Cybersecurity refers to the means created to avoid these type of criminal activities.