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European priorities in
information security
Graeme Cooper
Head of Public Affairs Unit, ENISA
12th International InfoSec and Data Storage Conference,
26th September 2013, Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

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EU Cubersecurity Strategy - essential points
“An Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace”
• The norms, principles and values that the EU upholds
offline, should also apply online.
• Cyberspace must be correctly protected:
– Governments have a significant role in ensuring a free
and safe cyberspace.
– The private sector owns and operates significant parts
of cyberspace and has a leading role.
• Outside the EU, governments may misuse cyberspace for
surveillance and control.
– The EU can counter this situation by promoting freedom
online and ensuring respect of fundamental rights
online.

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Economic Arguments
• By completing the Digital Single Market, Europe could boost its
GDP by almost €500 billion a year.
• For new connected technologies to take off citizens will need
trust and confidence.
– Currently, Europeans are not confident in their ability to use
the Internet for banking or purchases.
– They are also reluctant to disclose personal information.
– Across the EU, more than one in ten Internet users has been
a victim of online fraud.
• The EU economy is already affected by cybercrime activities,
economic espionage and state-sponsored activities are new
threats.

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The Principles
• The strategy proposes key principles to guide the EU and
international approach:
– The EU's core values apply as much in the digital as in
the physical world.
– Fundamental rights, freedom of expression, personal
data and privacy should be protected.
– The Internet should be accessible to all citizens.
– The digital world must be subject to democratic and
efficient multi-stakeholder governance.
– Ensuring security is a shared responsibility.

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Strategic Priorities
• The Five strategic objectives of the
strategy are as follows:
– Achieving cyber resilience
– Drastically reducing cybercrime
– Developing cyberdefence policy and capabilities related
to the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
– Developing the industrial and technological resources
for cybersecurity
– Establishing a coherent international cyberspace policy
for the European Union and promoting core EU values
ENISA explicitly called upon.

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Achieving Cyber Resilience
• Introduces ENISA and explains the policy on NIS.
• Makes reference to articles 13a & 13b.
• Introduces the legislative proposal.
• Stresses the importance of the following:
– The establishment of a cybersecurity culture to enhance
business opportunities and competitiveness.
– Reporting significant incidents to the national NIS
competent authorities.
– Exchange of information between National NIS
competent authorities and other regulatory bodies.
– Recognises that exercises at EU level are essential to
stimulate cooperation among the MS and the private
sector.

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The Legislative Proposal
• Key points:
– Will help establish common minimum requirements for
NIS at national level.
– Requires Member States to designate national
competent authorities for NIS, set up a competent CERT
and adopt a national NIS strategy and a national NIS
cooperation plan.
– Explains the role of the CERT EU regarding the EU
institutions, agencies and bodies.
– Requires the establishment of coordinated prevention,
detection, mitigation and response mechanisms.
– Requires the private sector to develop, at a technical
level, its own cyber resilience capacities and share best
practices across sectors.

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Achieving Cyber Resilience (1 of 2)
• In the area of cyber resilience, the EC asks ENISA to:
– Assist the Member States in developing strong national
cyber resilience capabilities.
– Examine in 2013 the feasibility of Computer Security
Incident Response Team(s) for Industrial Control
Systems (ICS-CSIRTs) for the EU.
– Continue supporting the Member States and the EU
institutions in carrying out regular pan-European cyber
incident exercises.

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Achieving Cyber Resilience (2 of 2)
• Specifically in terms of raising awareness, the Commission
asks ENISA to:
– Propose in 2013 a roadmap for a "Network and
Information Security driving licence".
– Support a cybersecurity championship in 2014, where
university students will compete in proposing NIS
solutions.

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European Cybersecurity Month 2013
http://cybersecuritymonth.eu/

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Developing Resources
• There is a risk that Europe becomes excessively dependent
on ICT and on security solutions developed outside its
frontiers.
• Hardware and software components used in critical
services and infrastructure must be trustworthy, secure
and guarantee the protection of personal data.
• In order to mitigate this risk, the strategy proposes two
action areas:
– Promoting a Single Market for cybersecurity products
– Fostering R&D investments and innovation

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Single Market for Products
• A high level of security can only be ensured if all in the
value chain make security a priority.
• The strategy aims to increase cooperation and
transparency about security in ICT products:
– It calls for the establishment of a platform to identify
good cybersecurity practices across the value chain.
• COM will support the development of security standards
and assist with EU-wide voluntary certification schemes.
– Cloud computing and data protection.
– critical economic sectors - Industrial Control Systems,
energy and transport infrastructure.

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R&D and Innovation
• R&D should fill technology gaps in ICT security and prepare
for the next generation of security.
• The Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and
Innovation will be launched in 2014:
– There are specific objectives for trustworthy ICT as well
as for combating cyber-crime.
• Specific attention will be drawn at EU level to optimising
and better coordinating various funding programmes

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Developing Resources
• The Commission asks ENISA to:
– Develop, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders,
technical guidelines and recommendations for the
adoption of NIS standards and good practices in the
public and private sectors.
– Collaborate with Europol to identify emerging trends
and needs in view of evolving cybercrime and
cybersecurity patterns so as to develop adequate digital
forensic tools and technologies.

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Further Involvement of ENISA
• Although ENISA is not explicitly mentioned in the other
strategic priorities, there is clearly a role for the Agency.
• The EU Internal Security Strategy explains how ENISA
should collaborate with the recently established EU Cyber
Crime Centre.
• We have a role in creating a strong culture of NIS
throughout the EU.
• This can only be achieved by bringing communities
together and ensuring that information on NIS is shared
between such communities in an appropriate manner.

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Concluding Remarks
• Complex ICT systems keep our economies running in key sectors
such as finance, health, energy, etc.
• Many business models are built on the uninterrupted availability
of the Internet and the smooth functioning of information
systems
• EC Recognises the importance of ICT in contributing to EUs
economic growth and its role as a critical resource for all
economic sectors
• ENISA is already well established and
contributing in many of the areas
described in the EU proposal for an
EU cybersecurity strategy.

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Thank you.
Graeme Cooper, Head of Public Affairs Unit, ENISA
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