Watch the interview with Siim Sikkut, Estonia's Chief Information Officer. We discussed how the implementation of the European Interoperability Framework is going on in Estonia and how the ISA² Programme can support the country in this process.
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Check out the new leaflet on the Online Collection Software for European Citizens' Initiatives (ECI). The software makes it easier for ECIs organisers to comply with legal requirements and to have their online collection systems certified by Member State authorities.
The Directors and Experts of Better Regulation from all over Europe met in Vienna on 3-4 September to share good practice and submerge in specific topics. Our colleague Zsofia Sziranyi presented the Commission’s approach to addressing digital and ICT impacts of EU legislation.
The 8th edition of the SEMIC Conference held in Sofia on 14 June attracted around 200 participants and more than 700 people followed the event via live stream. You can find the main highlights in the SEMIC 2018 Conference Highlights Report.
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event organised in Brussels, Belgium. ISA² will hold a session on 10 October and our stand will be part of the expo area.
The Publications Office of the EU is organising the 2nd edition of the EU Datathon competition in Brussels, Belgium. The event highlights the potential of linking EU and national data.
The INFOFEST retrospective taking place in Budva, Montenegro is a kind of chronology of the development of ICT in the Western Balkans. Don't miss the session on ISA² and visit our stand!
Moving to a different country and waiting for hours to register in the new neighbourhood? Requesting hundreds of documents from your town to be translated into a different language and taken to your new city hall? Join us on 29 November at the ISA² Mid-Term Conference to discuss how we are solving these issues by linking public administrations, businesses and citizens.
A new version of LEOS, the open source software for legislation drafting, is available. This second major release is a result of the feedback on the LEOS Pilot 1.0.0, currently used for multiple hands-on workshops, a pilot across the European Commission services and by other parties.
It will bring together leading industry experts and policy-makers to share their insights into the latest developments in cloud computing, hunting, big data and the future of IT security.
Security Incident Report for the WiFi4EU call for applications of 15 May 2018
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), the European Defence Agency (EDA), Europol and the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions, Agencies and Bodies (CERT-EU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a cooperation framework between their organisations.
The European Commission launches a public call for tenders seeking bug bounty platform providers for its EU-FOSSA 2 project. From 14 April 2018 until 24 May 2018 companies can apply to run the EU-FOSSA 2 bug bounties later this year.
On the 8th of March, Commissioner Gabriel hosted a discussion on cyber skills and women talents in cyber security in DIGIT. The event was also the occasion to reward senior managers for being advocates for the Cyber Aware Programme.
Commissioner Gabriel made a tour and met with staff members in DIGIT's headquarters Black Pearl - an example of a modern office design and digital workplace which allows more flexibility and collaboration in open space.
On 1st and 2nd of February the first Open PM² conference of DG Informatics (DIGIT) attracted around 600 participants from 34 countries and presented to them one common and open to all project management methodology for Europe. 850 people followed the event via webstream.
What can we do for security of open source software? This was the question after the Heartbleed bug shocked the world revealing a serious vulnerability in the widely used OpenSSL library. With the help of Members of the European Parliament, DG Informatics addresses the issue through a number of actions in the EU-FOSSA pilot project.
DG Informatics of the European Commission is organising its first PM² conference on 1st and 2nd of February 2018 to present one shared, free and open to all project management methodology for Europe. It will bring together PM² practitioners, trainers and experts from the public and private sectors to share knowledge and experience. You can still book your place or follow the event via webstream and on social media.
An inter-institutional arrangement signed today establishes a permanent Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU) to reinforce the protection against the cyber attacks, which are often targeted against the EU institutions, agencies and bodies. This decision follows the successful operation of CERT-EU as a task-force over the last six years.
Up to EUR 3000 will be awarded for bugs found in VLC media player, in the first ever bug bounty programme supported by the European Commission.