Overview
- The prime minister has formally instructed the SGDSN to create a new cyber task force that will intervene on the front line when serious attacks threaten state information systems.
- The instruction comes with an unusually short deadline: Nicolas Roche has been given three days to set up the unit, according to a letter reported by Le Figaro.
- The letter says the unit must be immediately mobilisable after any sensitive access violation at a ministry, shifting emergency response powers from individual ministries to a central team.
- The order criticises that ministries are currently responsible for applying ANSSI cybersecurity guidance and that many do not meet required standards, which the government says justifies central intervention.
- Key operational details — including staffing, legal authorities, budget and oversight — have not been published, and the move could speed responses to breaches while raising questions about how ministries will cede or share control.