Transparency, Cybersecurity and Digital Identity in the 5G Context

Abstract

The purpose of the European Directive 2022/2555, known as NIS 2, on cybersecurity, and the Spanish Royal Decree-Law 7/2022, of March 29, known as the 5G Cybersecurity Law, is to encourage the creation and implementation of common standards, correspondingly certified, in the field of cybersecurity, in order to enhance the transparency and resilience of the European Digital Single Market. In this regard, the sector of trust services providers, whose regulations are currently being discussed (referred to as eIDAS 2), is the prime example of the use of standardization in what could be termed the digital society. This paper analyzes the legal relationship between cybersecurity, digital identity, and transparency, in the light of the new scenario that emerges with the advent of the Fifth Generation (ICT-5G) of telecommunications and the convergence of the technologies that it encompasses.