Article 17 Security of the communication infrastructure

The communication infrastructure shall be adequately managed and controlled in order to protect it from threats and to ensure the security of the communication infrastructure itself and of central VIS, including data exchanged through it.

Security features, service levels and management requirements of all network services shall be identified in the network service agreement with the service provider.

Besides protecting the VIS access points, any additional service being used by the communication infrastructure shall also be protected. Appropriate measures shall be defined in the Security Policy.