Regulatory landscape ยท East Asia
Taiwan: file security and audit obligations
Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Commission began operations in August 2025 as the sole data protection authority, alongside a Cybersecurity Management Act governing government agencies and designated providers.
At a glance
How Taiwan regulates file security
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Regime
Cybersecurity Management Act for public sector plus a newly operational privacy regulator
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File security
CMA control requirements for government agencies and specific non-government agencies
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Audit and evidence
Incident reporting under the CMA; PDPA breach notification
Overview
The regulatory picture
Two regimes matter. The Cybersecurity Management Act, in force since 2019, applies to government agencies and to designated specific non-government agencies, critical infrastructure providers, state-owned enterprises and government-endowed foundations. It requires a cybersecurity maintenance plan, graded protection levels and incident reporting.
On the privacy side, the preparatory office of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) was established in December 2023, and the Commission began operations in August 2025 as Taiwan's sole data protection authority, enforcing and interpreting the Personal Data Protection Act. Consolidating enforcement under a dedicated regulator is expected to raise the consistency and intensity of supervision. We track headline developments here rather than claiming deep coverage.
The landscape
Instruments that reach file security and audit
| Instrument | Authority | Status | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity Management Act | ACS | In force | Direct |
ACS
Cybersecurity Management Act
Applies to government agencies and designated specific non-government agencies. Requires a cybersecurity maintenance plan, graded protection levels and incident reporting.
Why it matters for file security. Cybersecurity maintenance plans must describe technical controls including malware protection over content entering the environment, and graded protection levels drive how prescriptive those controls must be.
How Glasswall addresses it. CDR gives a cybersecurity maintenance plan a control over inbound file content whose behaviour does not depend on threat intelligence currency, with a per-file verdict record supporting the incident reporting obligation.
Content Disarm and ReconstructionPer-file verdict recordGlasswall Halo / Glasswall Meteor
Latest developments
What has changed in Taiwan
Most recent first.
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Personal Data Protection Commission begins operations
Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Commission began operations as the sole data protection authority, enforcing and interpreting the Personal Data Protection Act.
Why it matters for file security. Consolidated enforcement under a dedicated regulator is expected to raise supervisory consistency, including over technical safeguards for personal data held in documents.
- banking
- healthcare
- telco
Elsewhere in the region
Other APAC territories
Scope
About this page
This page is a working reference for organisations operating in Taiwan.
It is not legal advice. Regulatory obligations depend on how an organisation is designated, which sector it operates in and how its systems are architected, take local advice before relying on any of this for a compliance decision. Where we describe how Glasswall relates to an obligation, we are describing a control, not certifying an outcome.