--- title: Nations Require Licensure of Cybersecurity Pros | daily.dev description: Several countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, and Ghana, have passed laws requiring cybersecurity professionals or firms to be certified and licensed. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nations-require-licensure-of-cybersecurity-pros-nzlhz3un2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nations Require Licensure of Cybersecurity Pros | daily.dev og:description: Several countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, and Ghana, have passed laws requiring cybersecurity professionals or firms to be certified and licensed. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nations-require-licensure-of-cybersecurity-pros-nzlhz3un2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NZLhZ3Un2.png og:image:alt: Nations Require Licensure of Cybersecurity Pros og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nations Require Licensure of Cybersecurity Pros **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Several countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, and Ghana, have passed laws requiring cybersecurity professionals or firms to be certified and licensed. The specific requirements vary by country, and some nations require licensing for individual cybersecurity professionals in specific areas. Professional organizations such as ISC2 and ISACA offer cybersecurity certifications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#licensing](https://daily.dev/tags/licensing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nations-require-licensure-of-cybersecurity-pros-nzlhz3un2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nations Require Licensure of Cybersecurity Pros","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-require-licensure-of-cybersecurity-pros-nzlhz3un2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-require-licensure-of-cybersecurity-pros-nzlhz3un2"},"datePublished":"2024-04-23T01:04:03.342Z","dateModified":"2025-07-28T02:19:26.925Z","description":"Several countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, and Ghana, have passed laws requiring cybersecurity professionals or firms to be certified and licensed. The...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5c130adf91c35dfaef70ea3354ac432b?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5c130adf91c35dfaef70ea3354ac432b?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Dark Reading","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Dark Reading","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dr","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dr"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-require-licensure-of-cybersecurity-pros-nzlhz3un2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,licensing","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dark Reading","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nations Require Licensure of Cybersecurity Pros"}]} ```