The emergence of network police is the result of the development of network security. Facing the severe network security situation, the network police must undertake the security work of supervising and managing the computer information system, which requires the network police to have higher political quality, professional quality, professional quality, cultural quality and physical quality. Only in this way, the network police can cope with the increasingly rampant cyber crime and be truly competent for the security protection of computer information systems.

Legal functions of cyber police: According to 12 of Article 6 of the People's Police Law of the People's Republic of China adopted at the 12 meeting of the Eighth National People's Congress in 1995, the people's police of public security organs perform the duties of "supervision and management of computer information system security protection" according to law.

Extended data:

According to Article 6 of the Regulations on the Security Protection of Computer Information Systems in People's Republic of China (PRC) promulgated by People's Republic of China (PRC) the State Council 1994, "The Ministry of Public Security is in charge of the security protection of computer information systems throughout the country", Article 17 stipulates: "Public security organs shall exercise the following rights on the security protection of computer information systems:

I. Supervisory bodies

1, to supervise, inspect and guide the security protection of computer information systems;

2, investigate and deal with illegal and criminal cases endangering the security of computer information systems;

3, perform other supervisory duties of computer information system security protection.

Second, the specific responsibilities

1, publicize the laws, regulations and rules of computer information system security protection;

2, check the computer information system security protection work;

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