When Security Interests Collide: Weakening End-to-End Encyrption? – A Brief Note on Recital 98 NIS 2 Directive

In November 2020, 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

EnCaViBS Poster Series: Tasks and Role of ENISA

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) plays an important role in the European cybersecurity ecosystem. The Agency works with organisations and businesses to strengthen trust in the digital economy, boost the resilience of the EU’s infrastructure, and keep EU citizens digitally safe. Under the NIS Directive, ENISA is tasked with assisting the Member States … Continued

Maturity of Technical Protection Measures

A key element of the NIS Directive is the obligation to implement appropriate security measures that pay regard to the state of the art. The appropriateness of a specific measure has to be assessed in a risk-based approach, thus, there is no one size fits all approach. With the entry into force of the NIS … Continued