This Wednesday, the European Union (EU) reached a consensus on strengthening cybersecurity, so that the 27 countries have greater resilience and the ability to react to cyber threats.
In a statement, the EU Council announced that there is a “common position” among member states to “strengthen the EU’s solidarity and capacity to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents.”
“Today’s agreement [quarta-feira] What has been achieved is another step towards improving our cyber resilience. […]will allow each Member State to recover effectively from major cyber attacks and threats of this type,” considered the Spanish Minister of Digital Transformation, José Luis Escrivá, quoted in the note released.
Spain has the rotating presidency of the EU Council until the end of December.
The main objectives of this legislation are to improve the detection and surveillance capabilities of cyber threats and to strengthen the capabilities of resistance to cyber attacks by critical infrastructures in each EU country, namely hospitals and public services.
The 27 also want there to be a concerted strategy so that citizens and companies can use cyberspace safely.
To this end, it is proposed to create a pan-European infrastructure responsible for cybersecurity in buildings, made up of organizations from several EU countries, which will use “state-of-the-art technology, such as artificial intelligence and advanced data analysis.” , to detect and share timely warnings to relevant authorities about cyber threats and incidents.”
In parallel, and at the suggestion of the European Commission and national authorities, the EU cybersecurity agency will work on reports to reveal the main threats, with a frequency yet to be decided.
With this consensus in the EU Council, the next rotating presidency, the Belgian one, which will begin in January, will begin negotiations to finalize the legislation.
Source: TSF
