Brussels, 09/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution from Ivailo Kalfin (S&D, Bulgaria) adopted by 51 votes to seven on 8 May, the European Parliament (EP) industry, research and energy committee calls for a detailed and comprehensive EU internet strategy by the end of this year and better international cooperation.
More specifically, MEPs call on the European Commission to propose a European framework for reporting any cyber-attacks in the most sensitive sectors, such as energy, transport, water, food supply, information and communication technologies (ICT) and financial services. The body thus put in place will be responsible for warning member state authorities and individuals of incidents or cyber-attacks. MEPs also call on the Commission to bring forward a legislative proposal providing penalties for cyber-crime, such as spear phishing (gathering personal information from social networks) and online fraud. MEPs feel that current efforts in the EU are not sufficiently well coordinated effectively to tackle cyber-crime and call for large-scale collaboration, by including ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency), member states' Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and future European alert centre. They say, too, that there is a need national online security and cyber-attack education schemes for businesses and individuals. (IL/transl.rt)