Recital 104 Security by design and default for electronic communication

Providers of public electronic communications networks means a public electronic communications network as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972; or of publicly available electronic communications services means an electronic communications service as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972; should implement security by design and by default, and inform their service recipients of significant cyber threats means a cyber threat which, based on its technical characteristics, can be assumed to have the potential to have a severe impact on the network and information systems of an entity or the users of the entity’s services by causing considerable material or non-material damage; and of measures they can take to protect the security of their devices and communications, for example by using specific types of software or encryption technologies.