{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-261/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-261/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2010/261",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 4 May 2010 on the Security Plan for Central SIS II and the Communication Infrastructure (2010/261/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-261",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Local Security Officer for the Communication Infrastructure",
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to Article 8, the Commission shall designate a Local Security Officer for the Communication Infrastructure from among its officials. Conflicts of interest between the duty of Local Security Officer and any other official duty shall be prevented. The Local Security Officer for the Communication Infrastructure shall be appointed by the Director General of the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security of the Commission.\n2. The Local Security Officer for the Communication Infrastructure shall monitor the functioning of the Communication Infrastructure and ensure that the security measures are implemented and the security procedures are followed.\n3. The Local Security Officer for the Communication Infrastructure may assign any of his or her tasks to subordinate personnel. Conflicts of interest between the duty to execute these tasks and any other official duty shall be prevented. A single contact phone number and address shall allow reaching the Local Security Officer or his or her on-duty subordinate at any time.\n4. The Local Security Officer for the Communication Infrastructure shall perform the tasks resulting from security measures to be taken at the Communication Infrastructure, including in particular:\n(a) all operational security tasks relating to the Communication Infrastructure, including firewall audit, regular security testing, auditing and reporting;\n(b) monitoring the effectiveness of the business continuity plan and ensuring that regular exercises are conducted;\n(c) securing evidence on, and reporting to the System Security Officer, any incident occurred in the Communication Infrastructure that may have an impact on the security of the Central SIS II or the Communication Infrastructure;\n(d) informing the System Security Officer if the Security Policy needs to be amended;\n(e) monitoring that this Decision and the Security Policy is applied by any contractor including subcontractors being involved in any way in the management of the Communication Infrastructure;\n(f) ensuring that the staff is made aware of their obligations and monitoring the application the Security Policy;\n(g) monitoring IT security developments and ensuring that staff is trained accordingly;\n(h) preparing underlying information and options for the establishment, update and review of the Security Policy in accordance with Article 7.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/261/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:07.639053+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}