Four EU agencies with responsibility for cyber-security and cyber-defence signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday 23 May to step up their cooperation to tackle new IT challenges.
They are the EU Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), the European Defence Agency (EDA), Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions, Bodies and Agencies (CERT-EU).
According to the Commission, the memorandum of understanding focuses on five areas of cooperation: - the exchange of information; - education and training; - cyber-exercises; - technical cooperation, and; - strategic and administrative matters.
“This collaboration will ensure the best possible use of existing resources by avoiding duplicative efforts and building on the complementarity of the four agencies”, the Commission stated in a press release. “This framework brings added value to the expertise, support and services that these parties provide to the European Union organisations, member states and all stakeholders concerned”, it added.
Discussions on this cooperation began in 2016. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)