EU member states tested their crisis plans and response to potential EU elections cybersecurity incidents during an exercise organized today in collaboration with the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the EU Agency for cybersecurity (ENISA).
The cybersecurity preparedness of member states to organize free and fair European Parliament elections which will be held between 23 and 26 May 2019 was reviewed by over 80 representatives during the “first EU table-top exercise (with the code name EU ELEx19).”
The exercise took place in the European Parliament and its objective was to find “ways to prevent, detect and mitigate cybersecurity incidents that may affect the upcoming EU elections.”
As a result of this test, election and cybersecurity authorities from all EU member states will be strengthened in the face of security threats targeting the 2019 EU elections by improving their ability to maintain national and EU level awareness if a serious cybersecurity incident would happen.
Various scenarios part of today’s tests
“To secure our democratic processes from manipulation or malicious cyber activities by private interests or third countries, the European…
