The Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) was established by the Emergency Ordinance 104/2021 and Law 11/2022, as a specialized body of the central public administration, under the authority of the Government and in the coordination of the Prime Minister, with legal personality, entirely financed from the state budget, through the budget of the General Secretary of the Government. The main responsibility of DNSC is to ensure the cyber security of the national civilian cyberspace, in collaboration with the competent institutions and authorities.

At the national level, DNSC is the competent authority for the national civilian cyberspace, including the management of risks and cyber incidents. DNSC performs functions and responsibilities such as: The management function of projects and services for activities; Research and development; Strategy and planning; Cooperation and collaboration; Alerting, prevention, awareness, and training; National competent authority for regulation, supervision, and control; National CSIRT; Cyber security incident response team for IT products and services used in the government sector; National cyber security certification authority; Analysis and forecasting; Identification, evaluation, monitoring and mitigation of cyber risks at national level.

DNSC has prior experience and expertise in elaborating and implementing cyber security projects funded under EU programmes: Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, Digital Europe Programme, CEF Telecom, CEF Digital, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).