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Ukraine conflict—Letter urges EU Ministers to bolster cybersecurity in light of Ukraine war

Published on: 08 March 2022
Published by LNB News

LNB News 08/03/2022

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Issue Date: 08 March 2022

Published Date: 08 March 2022

Jurisdiction(s): European Union and Ukraine

Article summary

DIGITALEUROPE, alongside 35 of its national member associations, has written a letter to the European Council, urging it to improve its immediate cybersecurity support to Ukraine in light of cyber warfare being used during the Russian invasion of the country. It asks that during the Informal Telecommunications Ministerial, taking place on 8 and 9 March 2022, the Ministers commit to joint EU action on cybersecurity, for example by agreeing a common approach to listing critical entities in the draft NIS2 Directive and creating a single point to help companies notify and respond to cyber incidents. DIGITALEUROPE also asks that the European Commission develops a new Digital Decade target on cybersecurity, which could include activities such as training 200,000 cybersecurity experts, the set-up of the Cybersecurity Competence Centre in Bucharest is accelerated and given more resources, that Member States reassess their recovery and resilience plans and invest more in cybersecurity, and that...

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