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NIS2 Technical Implementation Guidance

This report provides technical guidance to support the implementation of the NIS2 Directive for several types of entities in the NIS2 digital infrastructure, ICT service management and digital providers sectors. The…

ENISA NIS360 2024

The NIS360 is a new ENISA product that assesses the maturity and criticality of sectors of high criticality under the NIS2 Directive, providing both a comparative overview and a more in-depth analysis of each sector. The NIS360 is designed to…

2024 Report on the State of the Cybersecurity in the Union

This document marks the first report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union, adopted by ENISA in cooperation with the NIS Cooperation Group and the European Commission, in accordance with Article 18 of the Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (…

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Report on Annual Privacy Forum 2012

The first Annual Privacy Forum1 (APF’12) was held in Limassol, Cyprus from 10–11 October 2012. The Forum was co-organised by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)2 and the European Commission Directorate General for…

Introduction to Return on Security Investment

As for any organization, CERTs need to measure their cost-effectiveness, to justify their budget usage and provide supportive arguments for their next budget claim. But organizations often have difficulties to accurately measure the effectiveness…

Collaborative Solutions For Network Information Security in Education

This report, ‘Collaborative Solutions For Network Information Security in Education’, is a continuation of the work undertaken in 2011 which resulted in the publication of the report ‘Network Information Security in Education: Consolidated ENISA…

Roadmap to provide more proactive and efficient CERT training

The roadmap identifies 10 proposals on how ENISA could improve CERT training and exercises in Europe. The ideas in the document are valuable, as they reflect the actual community needs and requirements and there could be mutual benefit from both…

EU Cyber Cooperation-The Digital Frontline

We all share a common interest in guaranteeing a free, safe and sound life in cyberspace. ENISA firmly believes EU cyber cooperation is crucial to establishing a proficient and coherent approach to Network and Information Security (NIS). This…

Involving Intermediaries in Cyber-security Awareness Raising

This document summarises the work carried out to involve intermediaries in cyber-security awareness raising by the European Commission and the European Network and Information Security Agency in cooperation with the United States Department of…

Proactive detection of security incidents II - Honeypots

An increasing number of complex attacks demand improved early warning detection capabilities for CERTs. By having threat intelligence collected without any impact on production infrastructure, CERTs can better defend their constituencies assets.…

The right to be forgotten - between expectations and practice

The right to be forgotten is included in the proposed regulation on data protection published by the European Commission in January 2012. The regulation is still to be adopted by the European Parliament for entering into force. The different legal…

Privacy considerations of online behavioural tracking

Internet users are being increasingly tracked and profiled and their personal data are extensively used as currency in exchange for services. It is important that this new reality is better understood by all stakeholders if we are to be able to…

National and International Cyber Security Exercises: Survey, Analysis & Recommendations

Cyber exercises are an important tool to assess the preparedness of a community against cyber crises, technology failures and critical information infrastructure incidents. ENISA supports the stakeholders involved in EU cyber exercises. This report…