ENISA in line with articles 6 and 10 of the Cybersecurity Act , prepared this guidance document on the skills and roles for the cybersecurity professionals needed to meet these legal requirements effectively. The guidance is based on the…
Cybersecurity Skills Development in the EU
This report focuses on the status of the cybersecurity education system and the inability to attract more students in studying cybersecurity and to produce graduates with “the right cybersecurity knowledge and skills”. It argues that many of the…
European Cybersecurity Skills Framework Role Profiles
The ECSF role profiles document lists the 12 typical cybersecurity professional role profiles along with their identified titles, missions, tasks, skills, knowledge, competences. The main purpose of this framework is to create a common…
European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) - User Manual
The ECSF User Manual provides a comprehensive overview of the ECSF’s main scope, framework principles and application opportunities. The primary purpose of the manual is to make the ECSF easily accessible by, understandable for, and usable by all…
Addressing Skills Shortage and Gap Through Higher Education
In this report, ENISA contributes to both practice and research on the cybersecurity skills shortage and gap in two distinctive areas. Firstly, it provides an overview of the current supply of cybersecurity skills in Europe through an analysis of…
Let's Cheer for ITALY Winner of the 2025 European Cybersecurity Challenge!
Italy gets onto the highest step of the podium of this 2025 edition of the ECSC, followed by Denmark second and Germany in third place.
European Cybersecurity Skills Workshop
The workshop "Engaging EU Projects Using the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF)" aims to showcase how EU co-funded projects are applying the ECSF across Europe.
Off the Hook - Don't be Phished this Cybersecurity Month!
October is European Cybersecurity Month, ENISA and the European Commission join forces to promote cybersecurity awareness to help you navigate digital services securely. This year attention is drawn to phishing, the primary method for initial…
European Cybersecurity Skills Conference: Intensifying our efforts to close the cybersecurity skills gap in the EU
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) in collaboration with the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU organised the 3rd edition of the European Cybersecurity Skills Conference.
European Cybersecurity Skills Conference 2024
ENISA is pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the annual European Cybersecurity Skills Conference. The conference is co-organised with the Hungarian Presidency of EU council.