The new Cybersecurity Regulation laying down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union entered into force the 7 January 2024. The Regulation lays down measures for the establishment of an internal cybersecurity risk management, governance and control framework for each Union entity, and sets up […]
EU cybersecurity exercise to foster cooperation and promote free and fair EU elections
To evaluate and strengthen current working methods ahead of the 2024 elections, EU institutions have organised a cybersecurity exercise. National and EU partners tested their crisis plans and possible responses to potential cybersecurity incidents affecting the European elections. The exercise is part of the measures being implemented by the European Union to ensure free and […]
Agreement to update the EU Cybersecurity Regulation
To enhance EU’s cyber resilience by enabling the future adoption of European certification schemes for ‘managed security services’, member states’ representatives (Coreper) reached a common position on the proposed targeted amendment of the EU’s cybersecurity act (CSA) of 2019. ‘Managed security services’, provided to customers by specialised companies, are crucial for the prevention, detection, response, and recovery from cybersecurity […]
Horizon Europe: Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Dataspaces)
Expected Outcome Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes: Tools to support cybersecurity resilience, preparedness, awareness, and detection within critical infrastructures and across supply chains; Cloud infrastructures vulnerabilities mitigation; Secure integration of untrusted IoT in trusted environments; Use of Zero-Trust architectures; Trust & Security for massive connected IoT […]
EU and Republic of Korea Digital Partnership
The European Union and the Republic of Korea held the first Digital Partnership council in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The council was co-chaired by Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and by Korean Minister for Science and ICT, Mr Lee Jong-Ho. On the occasion of the ministerial meeting, the EU and the Republic of […]
EU-funded project harnesses potential of data to improve water management
An EU-funded project builds stronger links between the physical and digital worlds to improve water management. Europe’s waterways are under immense pressures, ranging from agricultural and industrial activities to the challenges of increased urbanisation. Digital technologies are acknowledged for their ability to help improve water management. However, a lack of business cases and tangible evidence […]
Mind the Gap in Standardisation of Cybersecurity for Artificial Intelligence
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) publishes an assessment of standards for the cybersecurity of AI and issues recommendations to support the implementation of upcoming EU policies on Artificial Intelligence (AI). What is Artificial Intelligence? The draft AI Act provides a definition of an AI system as “software developed with one or more (…) techniques (…) […]
The European Commission adopts a proposal for a law to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities in the EU
On 18 April, the Commission adopted a proposal for an EU law on a Cybersolidarity Act to strengthen the EU’s cybersecurity capabilities. This involves supporting the detection and understanding of cyber security threats and incidents, boosting the preparedness of key units and strengthening the common and coordinated crisis management and response capabilities of […]
ENISA launches a tool to assess the level of cybersecurity of SMEs
ENISA has developed a security guide and built a security tool to provide guidance for SMEs on network information security risks and opportunities of cloud computing. It is important that SMEs do not only look at the network and information security risks of cloud computing but also at the opportunities to improve their network and […]