2013-02-01
Abstract
Report finds knowledge of procedures and information flows is crucial.
Copyright © 2013 Virus Bulletin
ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has published a report on its pan-Europe cybersecurity exercise ‘Cyber Europe 2012’, which it ran in October. This was the largest exercise of its kind, involving almost 600 individual players from 29 EU and EFTA member states.
The report’s conclusion was that, for fast and effective response to cyber incidents, knowledge of procedures and information flows is crucial.
Among the report’s key findings was the fact that cooperation and information exchange between public and private players is necessary, and that public‑private cooperation structures differ between countries – with parallel, sometimes overlapping, public and private procedures on the national level presenting a challenge to national level cooperation.
The report recommended more pan-European and national cyber exercises to improve cross-border cooperation, as well as increased private sector involvement at the national level for future exercises. It recommended that countries work on improving the effectiveness, scalability and knowledge of existing mechanisms, procedures and information flows for both national and international cooperation.
The full report is available (in the 23 official EU languages) at https://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/Resilience-and-CIIP/cyber-crisis-cooperation/cyber-europe/cyber-europe-2012/cyber-europe-2012-key-findings-report-1.
