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Global Cybersecurity Index 2017 reveals that 50% of countries have no cybersecurity strategy in place

The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recently released the second version of its Global Cybersecurity Index which measures countries' commitment to cybersecurity and helps them to identify areas for improvement.

The Italian DPA issued its first guidelines on the GDPR

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On 28 April 28 the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) issued its first guidance on the new provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), consisting of a schematic overview of the changes in the current legal framework and recommendations on how to face them.

The Garante focused on six specific aspects:

ICCICT 2017: 19th International Conference on Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Terrorism, Prague, Czechia

04/09/2017 to 05/09/2017

The ICCICT 2017: 19th International Conference on Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Terrorism aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Terrorism.

CYBERSEC 9-10 October 2017 - Krakow, Poland

09/10/2017 to 10/10/2017

European Cybersecurity Forum – CYBERSEC is the first conference of its kind in Poland and one of just a few regular public policy conferences devoted to the strategic issues of cyberspace and cybersecurity in Europe. The annual conference sees the participation of key experts in the field of cybersecurity, privacy and policy. 
The result of the annual CYBERSEC conference is the creation of practical recommendations that increase resilience to cyberthreats, at both micro and macro levels (specific economic sectors, countries, EU as a whole).

Security Union: Commission accelerates measures to prevent radicalisation and the cyber threat

Today, the European Commission presents the 8th report on progress made towards an effective and genuine Security Union, calling for an acceleration of the ongoing work to enhance the security of EU citizens.

Knowing more on GDPR: video interview from Infosec 2017

Do you want to know more about the GDPR*?
Watch this live talk, streamed during the last Infosec event in London, where three experts in the field of cyber security & privacy give their perspective on GDPR compliance in reference to the European landscape.

Petya ransomware spreads across Europe

Major firms, airports and government departments in Ukraine have been struck by a massive cyber attack which began to spread across Europe. The virus is believed to be ransomware - a piece of malicious software that shuts down a computer system and then demands an extortionate sum of money to fix the problem. 

International Meeting on Information Security (ENISE)

24/10/2017 to 25/10/2017

Challenges of cybersecurity in a connected world is the motto chosen by INCIBE for the new edition of the International Meeting on Information Security (11ENISE).

Cybersecurity is a strategic element for countries around the world. Citizens are also becoming aware of their relevance: Eurobarometer data show that cybercrime has become one of the most important security challenges for Europeans.

In this context, internationalization remains a key element in the 2017 edition.

The Cyber Security Summit

04/07/2017

With the recently published Cyber Security Strategy, the launch of the National Cyber Security Centre, Government investment of £1.9bn in cybersecurity capabilities and weekly reports of mass cyberattacks, cybersecurity remains a key focus for government, as well as, businesses and individuals alike.  

Join 250+ cyber security and ICT professionals from across central government, local government, law enforcement, the NHS and wider public sector, to tackle key issues at the heart of UK public sector cyber security at the 4th Annual Cyber Security Summit.

SECONDO plenary meeting

On 20/12/2019 the second plenary meeting of SECONDO occurred at the University of Piraeus. The partners were physically or remotely represented. The participants decided how they will proceed with the reference platform architecture and the use cases. Moreover, they decided the utilized candidate technologies.

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Position Paper of the AI4HealthSec and HEIR projects

On the event of the adoption of the draft regulation laying down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, the AI4HealthSec project kicked off a process to provide its opinion.
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