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Telecommunication Council reaches general approach on #CybersecurityAct

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The Telecommunications Council has reached a general approach on the Cybersecurity Act, which was presented by President Jean-Claude Juncker in his annual State of the Union Address in 2017.

Digital Single Market Vice President Andrus Ansip and Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Mariya Gabriel welcomed the political agreement from the Council in a joint statement: "The agreement opens the door to transform and strengthen the mandate of European Union Agency for Network and Information and Security (ENISA) into the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, which will support member states with tackling cybersecurity threats and attacks. […] Strengthening Europe's cybersecurity is the only way to assure a strong and viable Digital Single Market for the benefit of all. It is vital for member states to work together in building a more cyber secure European Union and avoid the complication of different national laws."

The full statement is available here.

The cybersecurity package was proposed by the Commission in September 2017 as a part of a wide-ranging set of measures to deal with cyber-attacks and to build strong cybersecurity in the EU. This included the Cybersecurity Act: a proposal for strengthening the EU Agency forCybersecurity as well as creating a new European certification framework, ensuring that products and services in the digital world are cyber secure.

More details on cybersecurity are available here and in the factsheet.

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