CyberInsight Asia

East Asia

Hong Kong

香港

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Status under re-verification · Last verified: 2026-10-05

CyberInsight Asia assessment Seed score

Risk score
~38
Country risk level
Medium
U.S. coercion and market-exclusion risk
Low
Maturity
78CMM level: Level 4 Managed · Mature
Composite risk index
0.49Controllable
Quadrant
Benchmark
Last verified

Scores and risk labels are our own assessment, based on public sources as of the date shown. They are opinions, not findings or statements of fact about any government, organisation or group.

Scores start from a seeded CyberInsight assessment and move as new evidence is recorded. A dimension with no new evidence keeps its last valid contribution.

These dimensions have no evidence yet and are held unchanged: Critical-infrastructure exposure, Regulatory enforcement capability (inverse), Enterprise practice, Geopolitics and great-power risk, Historical incident severity, International cooperation, Laws and regulations, Regulatory capability, Strategy, Threat activity

automated calibration: not run · See the Methodology page for how scores are produced

Trend

A trend needs at least two monthly points; there is only one so far.

Automated coverage

Limited automated coverage

  • Automated coverage is limited: some official sources cannot currently be read, so the content below may be incomplete.
  • Last run (2026-10-12): 3 of 7 tier-1 sources readable.
  • Register areas only partly verified: telecom security, cybercrime, finance sector rules
  • Register areas not yet verified: cross-border data, telecom sector rules

This means some official sources cannot currently be read automatically, so this page may be incomplete. It does not mean the related laws or events do not exist.

Threat landscape

Threat items are not yet attributed to this jurisdiction.

Industry focus

Industry focus will be generated once sourced material exists.

Compliance points

cybersecurity

Verification state: Verified

  • Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance
    Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Cap. 653)): in force, As of 2026-10-12 · Source
  • Code of Practice (Generic), Version 1.0
    Code of Practice (Generic), Version 1.0 (Code of Practice Pursuant to the Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance, Version 1.0): Code of practice, As of 2026-10-12 · Source

personal data

Verification state: Verified

critical infrastructure

Verification state: Verified

  • Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance
    Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Cap. 653)): in force, As of 2026-10-12 · Source
  • Code of Practice (Generic), Version 1.0
    Code of Practice (Generic), Version 1.0 (Code of Practice Pursuant to the Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance, Version 1.0): Code of practice, As of 2026-10-12 · Source

incident reporting

Verification state: Verified

  • Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance
    Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Cap. 653)): in force, As of 2026-10-12 · Source
  • Code of Practice (Generic), Version 1.0
    Code of Practice (Generic), Version 1.0 (Code of Practice Pursuant to the Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance, Version 1.0): Code of practice, As of 2026-10-12 · Source
  • Supervisory Policy Manual TM-C-1: Supervisory Approach on Cyber Risk Management
    Supervisory Policy Manual TM-C-1: Supervisory Approach on Cyber Risk Management: Guidance, As of 2026-10-12 · Source

telecom security

Verification state: Partly verified

  • Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance
    Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance (Cap. 653)): in force, As of 2026-10-12 · Source

cybercrime

Verification state: Partly verified

  • Computer-crime provisions of the Crimes Ordinance and the Telecommunications Ordinance (unofficial English translation of the name)
    Computer-crime provisions of the Crimes Ordinance and the Telecommunications Ordinance (unofficial English translation of the name) (Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) ss.60 and 161; Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106) s.27A): in force, As of 2026-10-12 · Source

finance sector rules

Verification state: Partly verified

  • Supervisory Policy Manual TM-C-1: Supervisory Approach on Cyber Risk Management
    Supervisory Policy Manual TM-C-1: Supervisory Approach on Cyber Risk Management: Guidance, As of 2026-10-12 · Source

regulator

Verification state: Verified

No record can be shown from the Law Register yet.

Notes for ICT equipment suppliers

This section is based on publicly available sources only.

Suggested checks

  • cybersecurity

    Check what Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance requires of ICT equipment suppliers and operators.

    Source
  • critical infrastructure

    Check what Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance requires of ICT equipment suppliers and operators.

    Source
  • incident reporting

    Check what Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance requires of ICT equipment suppliers and operators.

    Source
  • telecom security

    Check what Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance requires of ICT equipment suppliers and operators.

    Source

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