Cybersecurity Directive

[UPDATE: the Directive has now been published, with Member States required to transpose it into their national laws by 9 May 2018]

14 April 2014 at 11:13am

Reducing the Impact of Privacy Breaches

Privacy

Data Protection Regulation

eSignature Directive

At present only public telecommunications providers are required by European law to notify their customers of security breaches affecting their privacy, including breaches that the confidentiality, integrity or availability of personal data. In the UK the Information Commissioner has published recommendations on handling privacy breaches, including when to notify those affected.

3 March 2014 at 11:53am

EU Parliament committees on Network and Information Security

incident response

The various committees of the European Parliament have now published their response to the Commission’s draft Network and Information Security Directive.

27 September 2013 at 5:51pm

Draft Network and Information Security Directive: consultation summary

incident response

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a summary of the responses to its consultation on the proposed EU Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS). Summarising that summary (!):

7 June 2013 at 10:33am

Can Internet Stability be Regulated?

#tnc2013

Resilience

ePrivacy Directive

A wide-ranging panel discussion at the TERENA Networking Conference considered the stability of the Internet routing system at all levels from technology to regulation. The conclusion seemed to be that at the moment the Internet is stable because two systems, technical and human, compensate effectively for each others’ failings. While improvements to increase stability may be possible, they must beware of disrupting the current balance or introducing new ways that it can fail.

20 February 2013 at 10:10am

Critical Cloud Computing

Cloud computing

ENISA’s Critical Cloud Computing report examines cloud from a Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective: what is the impact on society of outages or attacks? The increasing adoption of the cloud model has both benefits and risks.

7 February 2013 at 4:34pm

EU Cyber Security Strategy