New EU Cyber Legislation Due by End of 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The EUobserver reports that the European Commission “will propose binding legislation before the end of the year to help member states plug huge gaps in their cyber-security [sic] defenses.” During a recent meeting in Brussels, Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, a European Commission information security network expert, said, “The level of preparedness across the EU [European Union] is not high enough.” She also voiced concern about “the increasing sophistication of threats and their number.”
The EUobserver also reported that in “the past four years, only 10 member states have put in place or are in the process of developing cyber-security strategies. Estonia was the first member state to publish a broad national cyber security strategy in 2008.” Finland is currently preparing a national cyber-security strategy following guidelines that were established in 2010.
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The U.S. National Security Council website features an extensive section dedicated to cybersecurity issues, including a PDF of The Cyberspace Policy Review and videos of speeches delivered by the President and Vice President on cybersecurity issues.
ENISA, the European Union Network and Information Security Agency, works together with the EU-institutions and the Member States, to develop a culture of Network and Information Security for the benefit of citizens, consumers, business and public sector organizations in the European Union.
The Estonian Ministry of Defence published a public version of its Cyber Security Strategy in 2008 (PDF).
On November 25, 2011, the British government published its Cyber Security Strategy.