Data breaches can cause substantial damage to consumers, businesses and even governments, as the cyber attacks against Sony in 2014 and against Estonia in 2007 showed. To boost defences against such attacks against its essential services, such as electricity supply and air traffic control, the EU has agreed on a common set of basic cyber security rules. We talked to Andreas Schwab, a German member of the EPP group, who is responsible for steering them through Parliament.
Why do we need EU rules on cybersecurity?
We need a European approach because we have so many infrastructures that are really interdependent. If we don’t get a fair protection at the European level for these cross-border infrastructures, we will be in trouble.
It’s not about all parts of the infrastructure, but only about the digital parts of it and only in a certain number of sectors, such as energy and transport, which are key sectors for the European economy.
What do the new rules foresee?
First of all, member states have to make sure they target the right infrastructure with this legislation. The directive also foresees a certain number of obligations for operators in the areas concerned: they have to set up systems that will create resilience. For the full article click here
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