Hybrid event
Cyberattacks are on the rise, and ransomware groups are not only targeting corporations but also government agencies and critical infrastructures. Furthermore, today’s cybersecurity landscape is characterised by increasing complexity due to unprecedented technological advancements such as generative AI and new cybersecurity challenges.
Faced with a rapidly intensifying cyber threat landscape, accentuated by the war in Ukraine, Europe urgently needs to strengthen its cyber defence capabilities. Heightened risks could compromise the stability and safety of our critical digital infrastructures, the protection of which requires enhanced cybersecurity capacity and effective threat intelligence. These issues will come into sharp focus in this year of electoral renewal, in which not only disinformation but also cyberattacks could threaten to disrupt European democracy.
These threats pose a direct challenge to the digital integrity of the EU institutions, bodies, and agencies (EUIBAs), whose approach to IT security has hitherto been fragmented. The new Regulation on the Cybersecurity of the EUIBAs addresses these concerns by mandating the EUIBAs to implement a dedicated risk management, governance, and control framework for cybersecurity. This Regulation will be complemented by cybersecurity risk management measures and regular maturity assessments that will inform cyber plans to enhance resilience. The EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU) within the European Commission’s DG DIGIT will act as a central coordinating mechanism, facilitating information exchange on threat intelligence as well as providing guidance and assistance in incident prevention, detection, and response.
Against the foregoing backdrop, this event will bring together policymakers, regulators, cybersecurity professionals, and representatives from the EUIBAs and industry. We will explore how the EUIBAs, and public administration to a wider extent, are exposed to cyberattacks, and determine what tools they have to ensure their cybersecurity. Moreover, the discussion will highlight the critical role of the different stakeholders in providing concrete and actionable solutions to tackle these challenges. The goal is to foster a holistic understanding of capacity building, threat intelligence and enhanced cyber skills integral to the successful implementation of the EUIBAs’ cybersecurity.
Registration & coffee from 10:30 onwards
Followed by a networking lunch
