News — ENISA

Dr. Helmbrecht speaks in Vienna event

ENISA's Executive Director, Dr. Udo Helmbrecht, gave a presentation at the ISACA Information Security and Risk Management Conference on the 5th November in Vienna.

CYBER EUROPE 2010 Exercise has started

On 4th November, the first ever, pan European cyber security exercise 'CYBER EUROPE 2010' occurred. See the Commission Press release on this, giving the full political framework.

Cloud Computing reports -now in Japanese

ENISA has received the support of the Japanese government’s Agency for the Promotion of Information Technology (IPA) for the dissemination of ENISA’s work on cloud computing in Japan. Thanks to the IPA’s initiative, the reports “Cloud computing: Benefits, risks and recommendations for information security" and the “Risk" and "Assurance" reports are now available in Japanese.

Summary of NIS Summer School-video clips

Video clips and PPT presentations of the NIS Summer School on 'Privacy and Security in the Future Internet' 2010 are now available online.

‘CYBER EUROPE 2010’ -the 1st pan-European CIIP exercise

‘CYBER EUROPE 2010’ the first pan European CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure Protection) exercise ever- phase one.

Agency High-level Panel with Commissioner Kroes

Agency High-level Panel in Brussels with Commissioner Kroes; a new Agency regulation proposal is to be published Thursday 30/09.

Agency workshop on Art 13a/Telecom Package

Workshop on Article 13a of the Telecom Package

'Privacy, Accountability & Trust' at 'Smart Event'

'Privacy, Accountability & Trust' was in the focus of the Executive Director Udo Helmbrecht's presentation at the Smart Event, taking place in Antipolis, France.

Focus: Country Reports

A detailed description of the Country Reports and a follow-up interview to the reports of this year, explaining their scope, the changes and improvements from last years' versions, and the conclusions of their value for Europe and the Agency.

New Agency Corporate Brochure launched

A New Agency Corporate Brochure has been launched to give a comprehensive presentation of the Agency activities in Network and Information Security.

Focus article: Information Sharing

Focus article: Information Sharing; interview with Agency Experts.

Focus: Cyber Security Exercise Cooperation

Recently, the Agency staged its 4th preparatory workshop for the forthcoming cyber security -Critical Information Infrastructure Protection -CIIP- exercise. The exercise is the 1st ever pan-European joint CIIP action of its kind. Here is a follow-up, in-depth interview with our Experts, to explain the background, and the context of the Agency's resilience and CIIP program; what tools the Agency has at its disposal, and what the next steps are.

New, updated '2.0'-version of 'Digital Firebrigades' map & inventory

New, updated '2.0'-version of 'Digital Firebrigades' map & inventory, i.e. Computer Emergency Response Teams, 'CERT's- v.2.0.

ENISA - now in Czech language

ENISA corporate information - now in Czech.

FAQs to Security Incidents Reporting & National IT Security Exercises Guidelines published

Two new FAQs have just been published related to Agency Good Practice Guides, one on 'Reporting Security Incidents', and the other one on 'National IT Security Exercises'.

Agency Position on the Industry Proposal re: a Privacy Impact Assessment for RFID

Agency Position on the Industry Proposal re: a Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment Framework for RFID Applications

Preparing the 1st Pan European CIIP exercise

ICT incidents, monitoring, evaluation and technical implementation in focus: towards the 1st Pan European CIIP exercise - 4th Preparatory Workshop

ENISA analyses the incentives and challenges to Public – Private Information Sharing

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), with the support of RAND Europe, investigates the incentives, challenges and barriers for the sharing of information and knowledge in public and private groups or forums such as Network Security Information Exchanges (NSIE) and Information Sharing Analysis Centers (ISACs).

Future security 'compass course' for Europe; key message at FIRST, Miami

Dr Udo Helmbrecht, the Executive Director of ENISA made a keynote presentation at the 22nd annual FIRST conference, taking place in Miami, USA, on 16 June.

Security Summit: Cross border cooperation - a key point for security

ENISA's Head of Technical Competence Department, Dr Steve Purser, gave a keynote speech at the Security Summit organised by Italian CLUSIT in Rome. Among the key points underlined was the focus on a collaborative approach across borders for increased security in Europe.

1st Future Internet Summit Report

The Exceutive Director of ENISA chaired the keynote session at the Future Internet Summit in Luxembourg.

Focus on Cloud Computing at 'European Security Round Table'

The European Security Round Table (ESRT), a forum for EU-centered security and defence topics, organized on the 8th of June a debate titled “Moving to the Cloud: Risks and Opportunities – Assessment for Local Entities.” in Brussels.

Focus article: Mobile Social Networking in the limelight

Focus article on Mobile Social Networking

Agency initiative to implement Art. 13a of Telecom Package

ENISA takes initiative on the implementation of article 13a of the new Telecom Package

Helmbrecht – “Security is a key element of Privacy & Data Protection”

The Executive Director of ENISA, Dr Udo Helmbrecht, made two presentations at key ICT security policy conferences in Spain, in conjunction with the Spanish EU Presidency, underlining that “Security is a key element of Privacy and Data Protection”.

Planning of the 1st Pan European CIIP exercise on time

A team of planners from dedicated Member States (DK, FI, FR, HU, IT, PT, SE, UK) with the contribution of staff from ENISA and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), presented to the plenary, 22 participating countries, the draft proposals for exercise setup, the detailed scenario and the various policies. All of them are subject to final approval the next few days based on the constructive comments received.

Roadmap for the EU Agencies' work ahead

Political leaders from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union recently met in Strasbourg to take stock of the ongoing discussions on the functioning of European Agencies. They agreed on a roadmap for the work ahead. The three institutions committed to finding common ground on how to improve Agencies' work in 2011.

Reinforced role for ENISA in the Digital Agenda

Reinforced role for ENISA in a renewed regulation, with a more active role in CERTs, Trust and Security, and in cyber crime prevention.

The 5th CERT workshop

Computer Emergency Response Teams - CERTs or the so called ‘digital fire brigades’ in colloquial terms, are operationally managing the response to cyber attacks. As such, they are crucial for Europe. ENISA has successfully been supporting the build up of national / governmental CERTs in Europe since its start up.