“EU AND GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY FUNDAMENTALS” COURSE WEEK 6: A CYBERSECURITY READING OF THE GDPR

Today my lecture in the “EU and Global Cybersecurity Fundamentals” course  will present a cybersecurity reading of the GDPR. After having learned about computer security technology and its principles, and having familiarized themselves with the most relevant EU cybersecurity legal sources, the students are now ready to bridge the connection with personal data protection! One of the aims of this course is to ...

Council announces Sanctions Framework for Cyber-attacks

In the Council's effort to deter cyber-attacks constituting an external threat to the EU or Member States, the EU can now impose targeted restrictive measures which include asset freezes on both persons and entities and a ban on people travelling to the EU. Such restricted measures are considered necessary in light of the Common Foreign ...

Provisional agenda: ePrivacy to be discussed in June 7 Telecoms Council

The Romanian Presidency's provisional agendas for Council meetings, during the first semester of 2019 (from 1 January to 30 June) have been published.  Both the General Approach of the Regulation on ePrivacy and Electronic Communications (aka the #ePrivacy Regulation) and the Proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Center for competences and research in cybersecurity and the network ...