This paper examines the interdependence between personal data protection and energy infrastructure in Panama, identifying a normative disconnect between Law 81 of 2019 (which mandates information security requirements) and the electrical framework (Law 6 of 1997), which was not designed to support digital systems. In Panama, personal data protection—commonly associated with cyber threats—reveals a fundamental systemic vulnerability when analyzed in relation to its interdependence with national energy infrastructure. Law 81 of 2019 imposes duties of security, confidentiality, and integrity; however, its application becomes problematic in the face of electrical supply failures regulated by a framework (Law 6 of 1997 and Decree Law 10 of 1998) conceived for a pre-digital era, generating a gray zone of liability: should the data custodian be held responsible for a structural failure beyond their control? Comparative experience demonstrates that information security constitutes an interconnected archipelago with sectoral public policies, thus requiring absolute foresight from data controllers within a fragile energy environment may prove disproportionate. Consequently, Panama faces the challenge of harmonizing its data protection regime with the reality of its infrastructure, necessitating a coherent framework that articulates civil liability, public responsibility, and fundamental rights to safeguard digital trust—implying that the law must transcend an isolated conception of security to address the structural interdependencies of the twenty-first century.