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Just published: Summarising report of successful first pilot European Cyber Security Month

The report provides a synthesis of the results of the successful European Cyber Security Month (ECSM). This was the first, pilot project which took place across Europe throughout last October 2012, and a point of the EU-USA Summit's Working Group on Cyber Security roadmap. The report gives an overview of the security-related weeks organised at national level by the eight participating countries - the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, and supported by Latvia and the Council. It furthermore describes ENISA's role as coordinator of the organisation of the ECSM; and finally identifies a set of lessons learned which could be applied to future ECSMs.

Report looks at improving emergency communications

Communications technology is an essential for emergency services to respond to crisis situations. The way that organisations communicate, both internally, and externally with other emergency responders, can make the difference between a serious situation developing into a crisis that can have life-changing or even fatal consequences.

Watch the new video clip on Cyber Europe 2012

Training to better manage cyber-attacks.

Final report of the 7th CERT workshop, this year jointly arranged by ENISA-Europol on fighting cybercrime

The Agency has launched the public report on the ENISA -Europol jointly organised 7th annual CERT Workshop, Part II. This workshop was as a follow up event to the successful 6th Annual CERT workshop held last year in Prague, in the Czech Republic.

Final Report on the Annual Privacy Forum 2012

Investing in Security for ROI?

ENISA's new report "Return On Security Investment" initiates a discussion among the ‘Digital Fire Brigades’ or Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to create the basic tools and best practices to calculate their Return on Security Investment (ROSI) while it can operate as a tool to justify their business need and existence through their financial added value.

ENISA to work with Greece’s government on secure e-services for citizens

ENISA has met with the Greek government to discuss how the agency can support secure electronic government (e-gov) services for citizens.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the EU at today’s ceremony

Education-the first step to cyber security ; new report launched ''Collaborative Solutions For Network Information Security in Education''

This report, ‘Collaborative Solutions For Network Information Security in Education’explores ways in which educators can get full use out of information technologies, while promoting and providing education on the importance of network information security.

New Roadmap for Computer Emergency Response (CERT) Training

ENISA has launched a new "Roadmap" document aimed at making training for Europe's Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) more effective.

The key to cyber security is cooperation amongst all players

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) bridges the gap between citizens, industry and governments by acting as a knowledge broker in NIS matters and as a promoter of good NIS practices within EU Member States.

New ENISA report with US Homeland Security – cyber security awareness raising

ENISA and the European Commission have worked with the US Department of Homeland Security to produce a report on “Involving Intermediaries in Cyber Security Awareness Raising’’. In focus were mechanisms for cross-border cooperation, as well as for public-private collaboration and information exchange.

Validation workshop on Minimum Security Measures for the European Smart Grid

Today, Thursday 29/11, ENISA conducts a validation workshop on the Minimum Security Measures for the European Smart Grid in Brussels. This is a validation workshop for the 'Minimum Security Measures for the Smart Grids' report due to be released by the end of this year.

ENISA publishes Work Programme 2013

ENISA's Work Programme for 2013 has now been published. The programme is the result of a consultation process involving both the ENISA Permanent Stakeholder Group (PSG) and Management Board (MB). This process has enabled the Agency to increase its focus on areas that are both strongly aligned with the European policy agenda and also considered as core areas of competency for the Agency.

ENISA CERT Exercises and training material updated and extended

The Agency has launched an updated and expanded, comprehensive set of CERTs exercises consisting of a Handbook for teachers, a Toolset for students, and supporting material for hands-on training.

New report on Supply Chain Integrity launched

Supply chain integrity (SCI) in the ICT industry is a topic that is receiving attention from both the public and private sectors (i.e. vendors, infrastructure owners, operators, etc.) as part of a wider review of supply chain control, and the increased demands for security is vital both for the economy and society.

Is e-data the new currency? New ENISA report looks at privacy and tracking

Internet users are increasingly tracked and profiled, with personal data being treated as currency in exchange for services. A gap exists between the legal requirements for personal data protection and the practice in the online environment.

MEP Jutta Haug visits ENISA

MEP Jutta Haug has visited ENISA’s seat in Heraklion, Greece to learn more about the Agency’s work and future plans.

ENISA discussing 'Paradigm-Shift in IT' at the ISSE Conference 2012

This year’s ISSE conference has started today (23 October) in Brussels and ENISA is participating actively in several sessions, focussing on its recent studies and report results in the areas of Security Management, Cloud Computing security and Internet Security Strategy.