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Leon, 29 September 2022.- The National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, through the Secretary of State for Digitisation and Artificial Intelligence, has been designated by the National Cybersecurity Council as Spain's National Coordination Centre, forming one of the 27 national coordination centres of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre.

On 29 September, Ukraine and the European Union held the second round of the Cybersecurity Dialogue. In the context of the Russian Federation’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, participants emphasized the importance to further strengthening their cyber resilience efforts and cooperation. The EU expressed its solidarity with and support to Ukraine, which is facing cyber-attacks that seek to undermine its key infrastructure. The Russian Federation must stop this senseless and illegal war and bring an end to the human suffering immediately.

Governing Board of the Competence Centre will be represented during the Financial Times' Cyber Resilience Summit by Pascal Steichen and Lorena Boix Alonso. The event will take place digitally and in-person in Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne.

ENISA is hosting a 2-day conference on the occasion of the official presentation of the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF). During this event, various communities will present how they are helping to grow the cybersecurity workforce.

ENISA is hosting a 2-day conference on “Cybersecurity Skills - Building a Cybersecurity Workforce” on the occasion of the official presentation of the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF), During this event, various communities will present how they are helping to grow the cybersecurity workforce.

The European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) is the result of the joint effort of ENISA and the ENISA Ad-hoc working group on Cybersecurity Skills Framework. The aim of the ECSF is to create a common understanding of the relevant roles, competencies, skills and knowledge; to facilitate cybersecurity skills recognition; and to support the design of cybersecurity-related training programs. It summarises all cybersecurity-related roles into 12 profiles, which are individually analysed into the details of the responsibilities, skills, synergies and interdependencies it corresponds to.

This is a call for proposals under the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL). Cybersecurity is at the heart of the digital transformation of the European Union. The Digital Europe Programme will strengthen the capabilities of the Union to protect its citizens and organisations aiming –amongst others- to improve the security of digital products and services

Participating in this CyberSec4Europe evening panel are leading representatives from several NCCs as well as a representative from the ECCC who will together explore the perspectives of the NCCs and their expectations and plans with regards to collaborating with their respective stakeholder cybersecurity communities.

Today, the Commission has presented a proposal for a new Cyber Resilience Act to protect consumers and businesses from products with inadequate security features. A first ever EU-wide legislation of its kind, it introduces mandatory cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements, throughout their whole lifecycle.

Every year in September, the President of the European Commission delivers the State of the Union address before the European Parliament. Anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, SOTEU is set out in the 2010 Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission. The speech by President von der Leyen takes stock of achievements of the past year and presents priorities for the year ahead and Commission actions to address the most pressing issues. The speech was followed by a plenary debate with members of the European Parliament.

This year's European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC) takes place in Vienna from 13 to 16 September. In parallel, on 15 September takes place the online Open ECSC Final. Interested people from Europe and all around the world, regardless of whether they are security enthusiasts or professionals, can demonstrate their skills at the Open ECSC and become part of the ECSC community!

The 3rd Annual meeting of European ISACs is to be held in a hybrid form, with a physical gathering in sunny Athens, Greece on 6 September 2022.

What a day ‘twas! The EU ISACs conference has come to an end with key experts in cybersecurity in their own sector collaborating on the topic of EU Information Sharing and Analysis Centres. Looking forward to seeing the ISAC initiatives grow in maturity and in turn create a more cyber resilient EU!

The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre is looking for its next Executive Director. The closing date for submission is 6 September 2022, 12.00 noon Brussels time

Appointed as the National Coordination Centre for Belgium, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) organised its first event dedicated to the Belgian Cybersecurity Community, on 30 August 2022. The event was open to all Belgian public institutions and to organisations which are legally registered in Belgium. Added to these, NCC-BE extended the invitation to the NCC Network in order to further facilitate cooperation and share best practices.

Applications for the 3rd edition of the Women4Cyber Mentorship Programme are open!!

Celebrating its sixth anniversary today, No More Ransom provides keys to unlocking encrypted files as well as information on how to avoid getting infected in the first place.

The Digital Europe Programme will help the EU achieve a high common level of cybersecurity.

The project will support the activities necessary to develop, promote, coordinate and organize the work of the Cybersecurity Competence Community at European Level, within the scope and operations of the ECCC and NCCs Network.

The first ever cyber awareness campaign for Healthcare organised by ENISA took place in a form of a cyber week between 6 and 12 June 2022.