News about Strengthening trust and security

The European Union invests through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme €11.4 million (EU contribution) in projects which seek to strengthen the European Union's capacity and deal more efficiently with cyber-threats and incidents. It is the first time that EU is providing financial support under the CEF programme to broader categories of stakeholders which nevertheless are crucial for enhanced cybersecurity at national level.

The Digital Single Market protects your privacy in the digital age. While you want to surf, email, shop and use credit cards, you also want to be sure that online communications are kept private and that personal information is not misused. New EU rules have strengthened your rights and given you more control over your personal data.

The European Commission has recommended a set of operational steps and measures to ensure a high level of cybersecurity of 5G networks across the EU.

The Cybersecurity Act was adopted by the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). This new EU Regulation gives ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, a permanent mandate and strengthens its role. The Act also establishes an EU framework for cybersecurity certification, boosting the cybersecurity of digital products and services in Europe.

CONCORDIA, ECHO, SPARTA and CyberSec4Europe are the four winning pilot projects of the 2018 Horizon 2020 cybersecurity call "establishing and operating a pilot for a European Cybersecurity Competence Network and developing a common European Cybersecurity Research & Innovation Roadmap". These four EU pilot projects are expected to strengthen the EU's cybersecurity capacity and tackle future cybersecurity challenges for a safer European Digital Single Market.

The four EU cybersecurity pilot projects in figures: This infographic illustrates the key information for each project, the large number of partners from all around EU involved in these pilot projects and the diversity of the partners.

Since December 2018, the European Commission has been applying qualified electronic seals (e-seals) to all manually-registered documents in its ARES document management system.

Are you an open source software ethical hacker? The European Commission invites you to find security vulnerabilities in 15 open source software projects, which are widely used by the EU institutions. Rewards range from EUR 3,000 to EUR 25,000. An additional 20% bonus will be offered for providing a fix for the detected vulnerabilities.

The Commission presented a set of recommendations for the creation of a secure system that will enable citizens to access their electronic health files across Member States.