EU to strengthen its cybersecurity watchdog

“A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cybersecurity watchdog has been given the green light. ENISA, the European Network and Information Security Agency, was set up in 2004 to ensure a “high and effective level of network information security” within the E.U. Its mandate is due to expire in September 2013, but a vote in the European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee agreed to extend it until 2020. The new proposal would also require ENISA to help set up a full-scale European Union Computer Emergency Response Team (EU CERT), to counter cyberattacks against E.U. institutions, bodies and agencies, as well as providing support to member states in the event of incidents, attacks or disruptions on networks….”

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