To enhance the competence of the country in information security protection, to promote the development and application of the science and technology for information security, the National Center for Cyber Security Technology (hereinafter referred to as the “Center”) is hereby established with this Act hereby being adopted.

The Center is an administrative corporation; the Ministry of Science and Technology is the competent supervisory authority of the Center.

The Center is in charge of the following affairs:
1. To plan and promote cyber security protection mechanism of government agencies.
2. To assist government agencies in major national cyber security incidents response.
3. To support government agencies of special sensitivity in cyber security protection work.
4. To plan and support the cyber security protection of critical infrastructure.
5. Planning and assisting government agencies in cultivating information and security talents; promoting cyber security awareness nationwide.
6. To promote the research and development, integration, application and international cooperation and exchange of cyber security technologies.
7. To support the major development strategy respective to the demands of the industry’s cyber security.
8. Other matters relating to cyber security technologies.

The Center is funded by:
1. Budgets approved and allocated by the government and donations (subsidies) from the government.
2. Donations from domestic and foreign, public and private institutions and groups and individuals.
3. Income from the research entrusted to the Center and the services provided by the Center.
4. Other income.
The donations specified in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding Paragraph are regarded as the donations to the government.

The Center shall adopt its articles of incorporation along with the rules and regulations governing the management of personnel, accounting system, internal control, protection of national security, auditing and others, and shall submit respective concerns to the board of directors for approval and thereafter submit them to the competent supervisory authority for reference purposes.
The Center may adopt the rules and regulations governing the public functions to perform within the scope of relevant laws or legal orders, and shall submit them to the board of directors for approval and thereafter submit them to the competent supervisory authority for reference purposes.