CEPIS suggests improvements on amendment to eIDAS regulation
CEPIS Legal and Security Issues expert group has produced a position paper on the version of the eIDAS regulation as published after the trilogue. It aims to provide a short analysis of the improvements in 3 problematic areas and the remaining deficiencies and corresponding open issues. It concludes with some proposals for improvements possible at this point in time.
Chat Control proposal: European Parliament agrees on major changes
During the last week of October, the European Parliament reached a historic broad majority agreement on a unified position regarding the European Commission’s controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal.
Why CEPIS Welcomes Amendments to EU’s Rules Combatting Child Sexual Abuse
We are a step closer to protecting the rights of people in Europe to confidential and secure digital communication, after a committee in the European Parliament has amended the proposed new rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, removing provisions that would have seen indiscriminate surveillance of the content of all communications. Explore our thoughts on the matter!
Social engineering the theme of Cybersecurity Month 2023
This October, cybersecurity has been in the spotlight, due to the European Cybersecurity Month. This year’s focus falls on social engineering – the phenomenon of scammers trying to manipulate people into performing actions online or giving sensitive and/or personal information that is then used for malicious reasons.
European Commission Announces Call for Proposals on Cybersecurity
The European Commission has announced €105 million in funding for cybersecurity projects. The funding, part of the Commission’s Digital Europe Work Programme for 2023 and 2024, will be focused on projects that strengthen cooperation between Member States on cybersecurity issues and boost the security of businesses.
Cyber Solidarity Act to Help Build “European cyber shield”
A new EU Cyber Solidarity Act has been proposed by the European Commission with an aim to raise awareness of and help detect cybersecurity threats. The proposal is also intended to increase the cybersecurity preparedness of what the Commission terms “critical entities”.
