Workshop: Cybersecurity and data protection: at the service of the general interest

Organised by Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l'Homme, European Civic Forum and the EESC section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN)

The workshop focuses on the issue of data protection in the European Union, in a context marked by the necessary EU response to increased cyber crises and associated risks (malware, dissemination of false information, attacks on public services).

The cybersecurity package was adopted by the Commission on 13 September 2017. This package aims to give the EU the means to apply the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS), increase the capacity of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), create a certification framework for software and IT product cybersecurity, respond to external cyber-attacks and propose ways of fighting cybercrime.