Sandra Schmitz is an invited speaker at the conference “Quo vadis, EU (Law)?” held on 11-12 November 2021 at Bocconi University, Milan. Within the session on Digital Europe, she will present on “Cybersecurity, the AI Act and State of the Art”.
One year ago, the Council of the European Union published the Council Resolution on Encryption, in which the necessity for security through encryption and for security despite encryption is emphasized. The resolution is based on the assumption that access to encrypted content is becoming increasingly important for competent authorities in the area of security and … Continued
The NIS Directive required Member States to designate competent authorities in the field of network and information security for inter alia monitoring compliance. Further central contact points as liaison offices for supranational cooperation and computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) had to be designated. The CSIRTs collaborate in the CSIRTs Network “to contribute to developing … Continued
We are currently updating our websites with translations of the national transpositions of selected Member States. The selection was based on a variety of factors (including geographical spread, centralised or decentralised supervisory regime) in order to represent a comprehensive overview of the diverging measures. The database of translations is an important source for the NIS … Continued
In May 2021, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy published a draft report on the Commission proposal for a NIS 2.0 Directive (Rapporteur: Bart Groothuis). The Rapporteur welcomes the Commission proposal for a NIS 2.0 Directive, and in particular, the expansion of the scope of the Directive. The Report suggests a further … Continued
Since the on-going pandemic makes it difficult to organise on-site events, we have decided to hold the first EnCaViBS workshop as a virtual event. The workshop constitutes the launch of the Privacy-LawIT-Lab, which will regularly host interdisciplinary workshops in the field of Law and IT with a special focus on cybersecurity. The workshop takes place … Continued