The EU is constantly working to build resilience to ever-increasing cyberthreats, and to keep our digital society and economy safe and secure.
Today, the Council agreed on its position (‘general approach’) on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU, to further improve the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole.
Once adopted, the new directive, called ‘NIS2’, will replace the current directive on security of network and information systems (the NIS directive).
We have seen a rapid increase in the number of cyberattacks on the public and private sector and on our citizens, and the significant impact which these attacks have on our society, not least because we live in an increasingly digitalised world. The stakes are high, and the new NIS directive will play a very important role in strengthening our cybersecurity. It will also show that Europe is a leader in legislation on cybersecurity.
Boštjan Koritnik, Slovenian Minister for Public Administration
