Cybersecurity Regulation

The Cybersecurity Regulation laying down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union entered into force on 7 January 2024. The key elements of the proposal for Cybersecurity Regulation: 

• Strengthen the mandate of CERT-EU and provide the resources it needs to fulfil it;
• Require from all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to:
  • Have a framework for governance, risk management and control in the area of cybersecurity;
  • Implement a baseline of cybersecurity measures addressing the identified risks;
  • Conduct regular maturity assessments;
  • Put in place a plan for improving their cybersecurity, approved by the entity's leadership;
  • Share incident-related information with CERT-EU without undue delay.
• Set up a new inter-institutional Cybersecurity Board to drive and monitor the implementation of the regulation and to steer CERT-EU;
• Rename CERT-EU from ‘Computer Emergency Response Team' to ‘Cybersecurity Centre', in line with developments in the Member States and globally, but keep the short name ‘CERT-EU' for name recognition.

See also: 

• Press release
• Impact analysis