The post of Senior Specialist – EC3 Operations – Head of Team is located in EC3 Operations Unit, European Cyber Crime Centre Department, Operations Directorate. The Operations Directorate deals with the core business of Europol, improving the effectiveness and cooperation of the competent authorities in the Member States in preventing and combating serious and organised […]
Council and European Parliament agree to strengthen cybersecurity across EU
The Council and the European Parliament agreed on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, to further improve the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole. Once adopted, the new directive, called ‘NIS2’, will replace the current directive on security […]
Child sexual abuse: Commission proposes new strategies for protecting and empowering children online
Today, the Commission has adopted a new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids (BIK+), to improve age-appropriate digital services and to ensure that every child is protected, empowered and respected online. In the past ten years, digital technologies and the way children use them have changed dramatically. Most children use their smartphones daily and almost […]
The best specialists in cybersecurity in Spain, at the Computer Science Conference at UAL
The Department of Informatics of the University of Almeria has organized this conference, which has counted this Thursday with the participation of Juan Salom Clotet, head of the Cybersecurity Coordination Unit of the Operational Deputy Directorate of the Civil Guard, who explained that 18 percent of the crimes investigated by this security force are cybercrimes. […]
Pegasus and data protection under debate at the UN and European Parliament
Exchange of views on Pegasus spyware in the European Parliament The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will continue its scrutiny and follow-up on the revelations of the existence and use of the spyware ‘Pegasus’ created by the cyber-surveillance company NSO Group, on 1 February. The Members will hear from victims of the […]
EU reaction to cyber-attacks on Ukraine
At the meeting held in Brest (France) on January 13-14 and chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, the foreign ministers of the EU Member States discussed the foreign policy and strategic security of the European Union. The Strategic Compass, to be adopted in March 2022 and covering the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]