Distributed ledger technology - commonly referred as Blockchain - has emerged as candidate for financial institutions to reform their businesses. The speed and cost of doing business using distributed ledger technology is expected to improve by simplifying back-office operations and lowering the...

To meet current and emerging cyber security threats, EU Member States need to constantly develop and adapt their cyber security strategies. National cyber security strategies (NCSS) are the main documents of nation states to set strategic principles, guidelines, and objectives and in some cases...

As they enter a period of critical elections, the US and European countries are being confronted by a series of threats from cyberspace. Electronic voting infrastructure and networks of political groups have recorded repeated intrusion, while strategic leaks of compromising documents have sought...

The annual activity report is a management report of the Director-General of DG Trade to the College of Commissioners. It is the main instrument of management accountability within the Commission and constitutes the basis on which the Commission takes its responsibility for the management of...

This study is provided by the Policy Directorate at the request of the ITRE Committee. The EU energy infrastructure is transitioning into a decentralised, digitalised smart energy system. Already, energy operations are increasingly becoming the target of cyber-attacks with potentially...

The year 2015 has been another very successful year for the Agency. It has been a year in which we have strengthened our relations with our stakeholders and assisted them in making significant improvements to the state of cybersecurity thourghout the EU. In parallel, we continue to make internal...

The European energy sector pays great attention to the protection of its large scale energy infrastructure and facilities. Therefore, the European Commission (EC) Directorate-General for Energy has established a dedicated office in order to support information sharing in the domain of incident...

The principal goal of this report is to propose an initial set of common European requirements and broad guidelines that will help fostering IACS cybersecurity certification in Europe in a manner fully compatible with practices adopted beyond. It describes the IACS component Cybersecurity...

As smart cities advance, Internet of Things (IoT) devices present cybersecurity challenges that call for innovative solutions. This paper presents a conceptual model for using AI-enabled anomaly detection systems to identify anomalies and security threats in smart city IoT networks. The...