Blueprint Operational Level Exercise and the annual joint awareness and preparedness cybersecurity exercise (Jasper). Notably, Cyber Europe, a major biennial exercise, is organised by ENISA. As a result of rising demand for its services, ENISA's strategy now focuses on empowering communities to conduct their own exercises using ENISA's platforms thereby maximising impact and leveraging ENISA expertise. The large number of individuals participating in the European Cybersecurity Challenge and the International Cybersecurity Challenge (around 20 000 in 2023) is also a promising sign, suggesting increased interest in cybersecurity as a career, leading to an expansion of the cybersecurity talent pool in Europe and a larger skilled workforce in the future. During the course of 2023 ENISA continued to implement the cybersecurity support action to support MS in the short term in view of the immediate and elevated threat of malicious cyber activities due to the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. This mechanism aims to complement, rather than duplicate, endeavours to improve the capability of MS and the EU to prevent and respond to cyber threats and incidents. The cybersecurity support action provides MS with knowledge and expertise and increased preparedness in key sectors.
