A high common level of cybersecurity – NIS2
At a Glance
07-11-2022
Cyber-attacks and cybercrime continue to rise worldwide. The EU is planning to increase its cyber-resilience by updating the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive. The expansion of the scope to be covered by the proposed NIS2 directive, obliging more entities and sectors to take consistent measures, would help increase the level of cybersecurity in Europe in the longer term. The European Parliament is due to vote in plenary in November on the agreement reached in interinstitutional negotiations.
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- computer crime
- critical infrastructure security
- data protection
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- European security
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- information and information processing
- information security
- information technology and data processing
- information warfare
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