Cybersecurity & Digital Resilience

DIGITALEUROPE champions cybersecurity; from critical infrastructures to consumer devices. To ensure a high common level of cybersecurity in the EU, we promote a maximum harmonisation of EU regulation, the strengthening of public-private partnerships and general best practices, such as encryption.  

Cyber threats present a major obstacle to Europe’s path to prosperity. Recently, we have seen a notable escalation in cyber-attacks, with ENISA observing 11,079 incidents in the EU between July 2023 – June 2024. While the need for cybersecurity in the EU is growing, the industry’s ability to increase its resilience is hampered by unnecessary legislative burden.   

At DIGITALEUROPE we support initiatives strengthening the EU’s cyber resilience through regulatory harmonisation, simplification and a reduction of administrative burden. To this end, our areas of focus include:  

• The implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act – read our input on the CRA guidelines  

• The transposition and implementation of the Directive on the security of network and information systems (NIS 2 Directive) – take a look at our transposition tracker and our industry statement on the transposition 

• The Cybersecurity Act: the role of ENISA and EU Cybersecurity Certification Schemes  

• Harmonisation of cybersecurity rules