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”.
TBD holds its 6th Cyber Security Ecosystem Development Summit
The 6th Cyber Security Ecosystem Development Summit, organised by the Informatics Association of Turkiye (TBD) was successfully held on 14-15 March 2023, at the Information Technologies and Communications Authority headquarters in Ankara, Turkiye.
German government proposes rights to access to more data for research
Recently, the German government submitted a proposal to the European Council in which an explicit right to access data for research of substantial public interest would be possible. This right would allow researchers to request access to data from companies, e.g. production data, sensor data, among others, some of which could be deemed ‘trade secrets’.
CCS joins CybARverse project
The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) is participating in the new Erasmus+ KA2 project #CybARverse. The project supports IT as well as non-IT teachers’ and trainers’ digital skills development, through the use of immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.
Dansk IT launches new tool for security awareness
The Danish Computer Society Dansk IT has created the digital tool ‘HackerStop’, which is designed to ensure online safety at the digital workplace. HackerStop is a security monitoring platform, where organisations can register to measure the level of IT-security awareness of their staff.
Join CyberSec4Europe summit event 1-2/12
The CyberSec4Europe project has announced the agenda for its two-day Summit event, Momentum!, on 1 and 2 December at the Representation of the State of Hessen in Brussels.
