In the recent years, cybersecurity became a “hot topic” not only in the field of technical implementation, but for legislators all throughout the world as well: Transnational operating hackers, national authorities, as well as NGOs may be involved in cybersecurity threats, and with that, they also promote the political discussion and the creation of new laws which are specialized in cybersecurity. The presentation of legal expert Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker at DSS ITSEC 2019 took into account the recent work of legislators of important states such as Germany, China, Russia, Israel and the new European Union Cybersecurity Act under a comparative point of view.