The Member States of the European Union have adopted on Monday the new regulations to strengthen cybersecurity in Europe, which require stricter standards for the supervision and implementation of cybersecurity measures and extend the measures to «essential» sectors such as energy, healthcare or banking.
The aim of the new legislation is to improve resilience and incident response in the public and private sectors, EU-wide. «There is no doubt that cybersecurity will remain a key issue for years to come. At stake is our economy and the security of citizens. Today we are taking another step to improve the ability to react to this threat,» stressed Czech Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Bartos, the country that holds the six-month presidency of the Council.
The regulation establishes cybersecurity obligations for companies, administrations and infrastructure and comes in the midst of a wave of attacks on critical infrastructure in the EU, including the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline at the end of September. The cybersecurity measures will be more stringent in terms of risk management, reporting, information sharing and will cover more entities and sectors.
