On Thursday 8 December, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the EU Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) published a joint report on the relationship between cybersecurity and the creation and dissemination of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). The EEAS announced in a statement that this was “in order to better understand and adapt to the evolving threat landscape”.
According to the diplomatic service, this report proposes and tests an analytical approach to describing FIMI and disinformation, so as to draw attention to the activities that the EU seeks to prevent, deter and combat.
The report draws some preliminary conclusions, such as the role of cybersecurity in establishing attribution of FIMI and disinformation operations, the importance of a “structured, interoperable and transparent” incident reporting process, and the importance of sharing information and best practices between the cybersecurity and FIMI/disinformation communities. Strengthening and facilitating cooperation between EU institutions and bodies at policy level and raising awareness and supporting capacity building of Member States and international partners are also highlighted.
See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/4kg (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)