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The EU recognises that cybersecurity and cyber-defence are critical for its prosperity, security and global ambitions. Offensive cyber-attacks by malicious actors show no sign of slowing down (not even during the coronavirus pandemic) and thus require concrete dissuasive measures. In July 2020, the EU Member States decided for the first time to use the 'teeth' rooted in the EU cyber-diplomacy framework and to 'bite cyber perpetrators back' by placing sanctions on them. This precedent has helped reinforce ...

The spectrum auctions of fifth-generation (5G) mobile telecoms networks planned in 17 EU Member States for 2019 or 2020 have sparked a highly politicised debate in the EU about whether the use of Chinese 5G equipment in critical EU infrastructure poses a threat to security. While Australia, Japan, and New Zealand have followed the United States (US) in imposing a (partial) ban on Chinese telecom vendors, EU Member States appear to privilege EU-coordinated national risk-mitigating measures over a ...

Allegations of interference in the US electoral campaign in 2016 through cyber espionage and leaks have put the spotlight on cyber-security and cybercrime, not only for ensuring financial or strategic advantages, but increasingly as means of pursuing political aims. As digital technologies grow in importance, the clear view among analysts is that cyber-crime is becoming a major threat to governments, businesses and societies as a whole. This note offers links to reports and commentaries from some ...

Le 15 décembre 2015, les négociateurs du Parlement et du Conseil sont parvenus à un accord provisoire sur une nouvelle directive de l'Union établissant des règles communes pour la protection des secrets d'affaires et des informations confidentielles dans l'Union européenne. Le 28 janvier 2016, la commission des affaires juridiques (rapporteure: Constance Le Grip, PPE, France) a approuvé le texte convenu, qui doit désormais être soumis au vote du Parlement dans son ensemble.

In the context of recent revelations of the existence of increasingly efficient and widespread intelligence systems, EPRS has published a study entitled "The Echelon Affair: the EP and the global interception system 1998-2002". During the second half of the 1990s, media unveiled the existence of a global interception system, Echelon, which intercepted private and commercial communications worldwide. The system had been developed and managed by the signatories of the UK-USA treaty. The EPRS study ...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying its proposal for a Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (COM (2013) 813), which was adopted on 28 November 2013. It does not attempt to deal with the substance of the proposals and is drafted for informational and background purposes to assist ...