EDA hosts meetings of cyber organisations to discuss MoU

Land December 9, 2019

EDA Chief Executive Jorge Domecq hosted a meeting of leaders from cyber organisations to discuss a cybersecurity MoU.

Jorge Domecq called the meeting to assess progress since the signing of an MoU by cybersecurity organisations in 2018. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) created a framework for organisations to support EDA cybersecurity programmes and promote cooperation.

The Computer Emergency Response Team for EU Institutions, Bodies and Agencies (CERT-EU), the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) signed the agreement and leaders from the organisations met with Jorge Domecq to assess progress since it was first put together. The meeting also aimed to plan for the future and assess the next phase of the MoU.

Jorge Domecq said: “The efforts required by the implementation of the Cyber Defence Policy Framework and, in general, by our contributing Member States in the cyber defence domain are consistently increasing, and require specialised and committed resources. The collaboration enabled by the MoU is a key factor of our efforts to harmonize these efforts, avoid duplication and support Member States in their capability development programmes.”

Steven Wilson, the Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, said: “This agreement has paved the road for a number of significant developments in the fight against cybercrime. At Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, we welcome the challenges and opportunities that are to come and continue to believe that we are stronger together in our efforts of securing Europe in the digital age.”

As part of the cooperation, the four partners are planning to organise a major event in the second part of 2020, improve their cooperation along the lines of major cybersecurity policy implementation (notably, the Cybersecurity Act) and the update Cyber Defence Policy Framework. They also commit to pay additional attention to improving incident response mechanisms and processes as well as increased joint contributions to high visibility events on Cybersecurity and Cyber Defence.

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