Cybersecurity regulation in Solomon Islands (2026)

Solomon Islands does not have stand-alone legislation dealing with cybercrime or cybersecurity; the legal framework is only partially present across various instruments, which officials note makes prosecuting cybercriminals difficult.

Part 19 of the Telecommunications Act creates offences for infringing security to obtain data, intercepting/altering/destroying messages or data, and possessing devices to do so; ss.72-73 require service providers to keep consumer communications confidential and to collect or disclose user data only with consent.

The Ministry of Communication and Aviation launched the National Cybersecurity Policy on 20 August 2024 (after consultations from 2020) to promote a safe and secure cyber environment; it sets strategy that may inform future legislation but does not itself impose statutory obligations.

The Solomon Islands Computer Emergency Response Team (SICERT) project—launched with Australia, the UK and New Zealand in 2025—serves as the focal point for cyber incident response, managing and reporting incidents, supporting critical-infrastructure providers and aiding law-enforcement digital forensics; participation/reporting is coordination-based rather than a statutory mandate.

Solomon Islands' cybercrime legislative reform and drafting of implementing instruments are being supported by the Australian Attorney-General's Department / Australian Cyber Cooperation Programme, but no Cybercrime Act has yet been enacted as of 2025-2026.

There is no national data-privacy or data-protection statute and consequently no general personal-data breach-notification duty; UNCTAD is assisting the Ministry of Communication and Aviation to draft Data Protection and Privacy legislation, which remains pending.