On 25 November 2021, the Council agreed on a general approach for the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), two key legislative files to help create a safe and open digital space for EU citizens and businesses. Over the last two decades, digital platforms have become an integral part of our lives – it’s hard […]
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Artificial Intelligence: How to make Machine Learning Cyber Secure?
How to prevent machine learning cyberattacks? How to deploy controls without hampering performance? The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity answers the cybersecurity questions of machine learning. Machine learning (ML) is currently the most developed and the most promising subfield of artificial intelligence for industrial and government infrastructures. By providing new opportunities to solve decision-making problems […]
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The cybersecurity threat landscape
The cybersecurity threat landscape has grown in terms of sophistication of attacks, complexity and impact. Such a trend is spurred by an ever-growing online presence, the transitioning of traditional infrastructures to online solutions, advanced interconnectivity and the exploitation of new features of emerging technologies. Without surprise, supply-chains attacks rank highly among prime threats because of the significant […]
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Commission strengthens cybersecurity of wireless devices and products
The Commission has taken action to improve the cybersecurity of wireless devices available on the European market. As mobile phones, smart watches, fitness trackers and wireless toys are more and more present in our everyday life, cyber threats pose a growing risk for every consumer. The delegated act to the Radio Equipment Directive adopted today aims to […]
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Use of artificial intelligence by the police: MEPs oppose mass surveillance
To combat discrimination and ensure the right to privacy, MEPs demand strong safeguards when artificial intelligence tools are used in law enforcement. In a resolution adopted by 377 in favour, 248 against and 62 abstentions, MEPs point to the risk of algorithmic bias in AI applications and emphasise that human supervision and strong legal powers […]
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EU looks to make data sharing easier
The EU is working to strengthen various data-sharing mechanisms. The aim is to promote the availability of data that can be used to power applications and advanced solutions in artificial intelligence, personalised medicine, green mobility, smart manufacturing and numerous other areas. Today, member states agreed on a negotiating mandate on a proposal for a Data Governance Act (DGA). […]
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European Cybersecurity Month 2021
European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM), the EU’s annual cybersecurity advocacy campaign will kick off on 1 October 2021. If you would like to propose online or physical awareness raising cybersecurity events for the 2021 official European Cybersecurity Month 2021: Get Involved and Register Your Event here. Register your event The official website of the ECSM campaign (cybersecuritymonth.eu) is […]
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Telecom & Trust Services Incidents in 2020
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity publishes the aggregated data and analysis of the incident reports for telecom services and trust services. Why is incident reporting important? The major objective of telecom services and trust services incident reporting is to help national authorities with their supervision tasks, to map cybersecurity trends as well crosscutting issues […]
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Temporary rules to detect child sexual abuse online
MEPs endorsed a temporary regulation that allows web-based service providers to continue fighting child sexual abuse material online on a voluntary basis. In the context of a worrying increase in the volume of child abuse material on the internet exacerbated by the pandemic, the House backed with 537 votes in favour, 133 against and 24 abstentions a […]
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