News Items http://www.enisa.europa.eu daily 1 2009-07-19T17:03:31Z New paper on cyber security strategies http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/cyber-security-strategies In a constantly changing cyber environment, EU Member States need to have flexible and dynamic cyber security strategies to meet new, global threats. ENISA is today publishing a paper on National Cyber Security Strategies. The paper includes a short analysis of the current status of cyber security strategies within the European Union and elsewhere. It also identifies common themes and differences, and concludes with a series of observations and recommendations.

The paper is based on the preliminary findings and analysis from an ENISA project that is working to develop a Good Practice Guide on how to develop, implement and maintain a national cyber security strategy. The Good Practice Guide is intended to be a useful tool and practical advice for those responsible and involved in cyber security strategies.

The project involves experts from the public sector and stakeholders from the private sector across Europe and it will be finalised in Q4, 2012. For more information, please click here.

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Academia/Research: Horizontal Security CIIP 2012-05-08T09:52:57Z News Item The Commission changes: from DG INFSO to “DG Connect” http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/the-commission-changes-from-dinfso-to-201cdg-connect201d The Commission yesterday, 25/04, announced that they will change to face the future: and launch “DG Connect”. The objective is 'to adapt and face the challenges of the next ten years”. They will change the structure, culture and mission of the DG (directorate general), and become ‘more flexible, with fewer managers, less fragmented, and better finding the links between policy and research areas.’

They will also get a new name: “DG Connect”, which stands for the key areas they cover (Communication Networks, Content and Technology). ‘DG Connect’ also shows how the digital revolution is connecting and linking up Europe. The changes will take effect as of 1st July.

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Stakeholders: EU Institutions/policy PAU (Public Affairs Unit): EU Commission 2012-04-26T09:15:00Z News Item Cyber Security at the Stockholm Internet Forum http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/cyber-security-at-the-stockholm-internet-forum The Executive Director of ENISA, Professor Udo Helmbrecht, attended the Stockholm Internet Forum 18-19 April. The Executive Director of ENISA, Professor Udo Helmbrecht, attended the Stockholm Internet Forum and discussed cyber security issues with prominent delegates from all over the world, including Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Carl Bildt and Minister for Information Technology and Energy, Mrs AnnaKarin Hatt. The conference looked at Internet freedom for global development, including the dimension of cyber security.

ENISA’s Executive Director, Professor Helmbrecht commented:

“Security and firewalls are vital to protect the digital society's economy, but at the same time we must be aware of the potential ‘dual use’ of security systems: they should not be misused as a barrier to development through freedom online. Therefore, an accurate  knowledge of security’s importance as a prerequisite stepping stone must be spread, and built in from the start by all positive actors to prevent any misuse.”

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Image is courtesy of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Martina Huber. ENISA(European Network and Information Security Agency): Udo Helmbrecht 2012-04-19T07:35:00Z News Item Cyber Exercise Stocktaking http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/cyber-exercise-stocktaking ENISA is currently taking stock of past and future national and international cyber exercises. The aim of gathering this is to create a global map of cyber exercises. Please fill in the survey by 9th May 2012 at:

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Managed Services: Resilience Academia/Research: Horizontal Security CIIP 2012-04-18T05:50:00Z News Item ENISA calls local media http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/enisa-calls-local-media Journalists from the local Cretan media attended a press conference at ENISA on 3rd April 2012. The Agency called the conference to give the media and local community a clear picture of ENISA’s outlook on the current negotiations regarding its Mandate. Issues such as the Official Seat of the Agency (Heraklion), the Athens bureau and ENISA’s potential new tasks were covered.

The Agency’s Executive Director, Professor Udo Helmbrecht, also took the opportunity to highlight ENISA’s cooperation with the local community:

"ENISA is today well recognized and successful in the European IT community. We appreciate the support of our host country, and locally, ENISA will keep on contributing to the success of this European Region. The key issue is for ENISA to concentrate on doing its job of protecting network and information security for all the citizens, in Crete, Greece, and throughout Europe.”

Upcoming events are being finalised between the Agency, Heraklion City Council, the Region of Crete and Europe Direct. These include the celebrations around Europe Day on 9th May.

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki PAU (Public Affairs Unit): Media 2012-04-04T11:20:00Z News Item Commissioner Malmström announces Cyber Crime Centre of Europol http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/commissioner-malmstrom-announces-cyber-crime-centre-of-europol Yesterday, the EU Commissioner responsible for Home Affairs, Mrs Cecilia Malmström announced the new Cyber Crime Centre for the EU, as part of Europol The Executive Director of ENISA, Prof Udo Helmbrecht, stated;

"We are pleased to see this decisive step to fight cyber crime at the operational level of Europol. We work closely with EuroPol and support their endeavours. ENISA, as a contrast, is a body of expertise working with the prevention angle of cyber security. As such, we have supported the development process of the Cyber Crime Centre, by responding to the feasibility study on it, and by EuroPol with our expertise and studies, within the limits of our mandate. We have also been supported by Europol, who gave valuable input to our recent report with their perspective on the fight against cyber crime, more specifically regarding the differences in reporting cyber crime between Computer Emergency Response Teams and the Law Enforcement Agencies.”

ENISA will this year, in close cooperation with Europol, and building on last year’s efforts, organise a 2nd, Computer Emergency Response Team-workshop, to take place during the autumn of 2012.

Background: In the EU's Internal Security Strategy, launched by Commissioner Malmström in November 2010, it was stated that the Centre “should become the focal point in Europe's fight against cyber-crime”.

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Security Services: Technology Consulting / Business: CERT Stakeholders: EU Institutions/policy PAU (Public Affairs Unit): EU Institutions Security Services: Technology Consulting / Business: Cooperation 2012-03-29T07:55:00Z News Item Partnering up for resilience http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/Partnering-up-for-resilience ENISA is organising a special event on public-private partnerships (PPPs) on 19th and 20th April in Rome. The event will take place at the premises of Poste Italiane, Viale Europa 175, EUR area, Rome.

On the first day, there will be a meeting of the European Public Private Partnership for Resilience working group (EP3R), while day two features a workshop on national PPPs.

The Agency is particularly keen to have participation from those already involved in, or who would like to establish, PPPs. The workshop (20th April) will be of particular interest, though participants can choose to register for both days.

The workshop allows participants to:

  • Join information exchange session on public-private partnerships (PPPs)
  • Get an insight into cooperative models for effective PPPs
  • Hear about real-world examples of PPPs

Cooperation in the form of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) has evolved in many EU Member States, and the relevance of PPPs has been widely recognised by both policymakers and industry. The European Commission has proposed concrete policy and regulations for improving the security and resilience of public telecommunications. These include the establishment of a European Public Private Partnership for Resilience (EP3R). This would engage with national PPPs to address Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) issues at a European level.

EP3R

The 19th of April session will be dedicated to the EP3R Working Groups. This meeting follows on from the EP3R Workshop on 16th February in Brussels, where ENISA presented the state of play in each working group.

National PPPs

The workshop on 20th April will be dedicated to an Information Exchange Plenary Session about PPPs. This will provide a deeper insight into ENISA's findings on Cooperative Models for Effective Public Private Partnerships, and give real-world examples presented by experts involved in the management of European PPPs. This event is intended to support and help Member States in developing and adopting the PPP model.  

Registration:

You may participate in both events, or choose the one you wish to attend, by checking the tick boxes on the online registration form.

The online registration form can be found here:

https://resilience.enisa.europa.eu/ep3r/ep3r-19th-20th-april-2012

 

Contact names: Lionel Dupré and Nicole Falessi

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Managed Services: Resilience Academia/Research: Horizontal Security PPP on Resilience 2012-03-26T14:25:00Z News Item Kroes: European Internet Security Strategy due for Q3/2012 http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/kroes-european-internet-security-strategy Commissioner Kroes has announced that the European Internet Security Strategy is planned for autumn 2012. Recently, the Commissioner for the Digital Agenda for Europe, Neelie Kroes, announced that the  European Internet Security Strategy is being developed in close cooperation with Commissioners Malmström (home affairs) and Ashton (foreign affairs & security policy). The Strategy is due in the third quarter of 2012.

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]]> No publisher Ulf Bergstrom Academia/Research: Horizontal Security Future Internet Security Services: Technology Consulting / Business: Internet Safety PAU (Public Affairs Unit): EU Commission 2012-03-23T16:40:00Z News Item IT 'Security week' pilots http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/it-security-week-pilots IT ‘Security week’ pilots will be run in October of 2012, culminating in a fully-fledged EU and US Security month by 2014. These pilots are an effective tool to raise awareness about Network and Information Security challenges.

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Education: Risk Awareness Education: IS Awareness 2012-03-16T12:10:00Z News Item Stock taking questionnaire for an Inventory of Information Security sources http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/stock-taking-questionnaire-for-an-inventory-of-information-security-sources The Agency has launched a stock taking exercise , using a questionnaire to establish an Inventory of publicly available sources on Information Security. Using already existing information in an aggregated format will lead to faster assessments with less effort. Therefore, collection and aggregation of existing data and sources is an effective tool to raise information security.

A main objective of this work is to include publicly available information on information security risks and opportunities, to be used in all upcoming assessments. The result of the stock-taking exercise/questionnaire is an online inventory. 

In the framework of the Agency’s work on “Identifying and Responding to the Evolving Threat Environment” in 2012, ENISA assesses emerging risks and opportunities. This forward-looking activity is an essential step to address future information security challenges. Collection and aggregation of existing quantitative data is a long-term objective that will be refined in future versions of the Agency Work Programme.

The questionnaire is among other things looking at organisational issues, security risks, opportunities, and security trends.

This stock-taking is a win-win exercise, resulting in an online inventory that will be of significant value for all the stakeholders and the participants.

How to contribute?

Fill in the stock-taking questionnaire and send it to riskmanagement@enisa.europa.eu

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]]> No publisher Ioanna Kampouraki Security Services: Risk Management Security Services: Technology Consulting / Business: Business Continuity Security Services: Risk Management: Incident Reporting Security Services: Technology Consulting / Business: Business Process 2012-03-15T14:35:00Z News Item