CERT-EU

Constituency
The constituency of CERT-EU is composed of all the EU Institutions, Agencies and Bodies.

http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm

Team Description in Accordance with RFC 2350
CERT-EU has published a document to provide basic information about the CERT-EU Pre-Configuration Team, its channels of communication, and its roles and responsibilities.

Context
In recent years, CERTs have been developed in both the private and public sectors. These teams are made up of small numbers of cyber-experts who are connected to the internet and who can effectively and efficiently respond to information security incidents and cyber threats, often on a 24 hours a day, 7days a week basis.

In the Digital Agenda for Europe adopted in May 2010 (see IP/10/581, and MEMO/10/200), the Commission committed itself to establishing a CERT for the EU Institutions, as part of the EU's commitment to a reinforced and high level EU Network and Information Security Policy in Europe. In August 2010 the Commission requested four cyber-security experts known as the "Rat der IT Weisen" to make recommendations on how to set up such a CERT. Their report was finalised in November 2010.

The Digital Agenda also calls on all Member States to establish their own CERTs, paving the way to an EU-wide network of national and governmental Computer Emergency Response Teams by 2012 (see IP/11/395). The EU's Council of Telecoms Ministers adopted conclusions on 27th May 2011, confirming this objective.

CERT-EU Website:

http://cert.europa.eu/cert/filteredition/en/CERT-LatestNews.html