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BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, December 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Report examines 'jump-start' for 'European Security Month' The European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA today published a new, detailed feasibility study [http://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/ar/deliverables/2011/europeansecuritymonth ] of a European security month. A recommendation of the study is that a strong commitment by the EU Member States would be useful to roll-out a successful European...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, November 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- US Department of Homeland Security promotes ENISA videos during National Cyber Security Awareness Month ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency [http://www.enisa.europa.eu ]) has launched a series of free videos in all 23 official EU languages. Designed to help raise awareness of information security risks and encourage secure handling of electronic data, the 13 video clips range from...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, November 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU Agency ENISA, the (European Network and Information Security Agency) has launched a report on cyber bullying and online grooming (preparing sexual abuse); warning that misuse of data (data mining and profiling) harms minors. The report identifies the top emerging risks and makes 18 non-technical recommendations for their mitigation. One key recommendation is to strengthen Member State's law enforcement...

BRUSSELS, Belgium and HERAKLION, Greece, November 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The first joint cyber security exercise between the European Union (EU) and United States (US) is being held today (3rd Nov.) in Brussels, with the support of the EU's Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the US Department of Homeland Security. The day-long table-top exercise, Cyber Atlantic 2011, is using simulated cyber-crisis scenarios to explore how the EU and US would engage each...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Union Agency, ENISA, (European Network and Information Security Agency) has today launched online an updated edition of its "Country Reports" on network and information security (NIS) in the Member States and other European countries. The publication finds that European countries are highly varied in how prepared they are for dealing with cybercrime, network attacks and network resilience. Updated and extended for...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA) has launched a new publication on National Risk Management (NRM) preparedness. The report sets out the essential elements as a guideline for the governance of NRM in relation to a country's Critical Information Infrastructure (CII). In particular, the report presents a workflow to develop and implement an NRM processes. The relationship between NRM and the...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report on the resilience of the Internet interconnection ecosystem' is launched by the EU's 'cyber security' Agency ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency). The focus of this report is the complex 'ecosystem' of the interconnected network layers that make up the Internet. The report identifies a number of concerns, for example by unveiling a striking lack of information of the size and shape of the...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - "If you Cannot Measure it, you Cannot Improve it!" - Lord Kelvin - EU Agency Presents the First Comprehensive Report on Metrics and Measurements in Network and Service Resilience, Uncovering a Lack of Standards & Coherency Business and governments are all reliant on secure networks, but how do you measure the resilience of these networks? The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, January 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU's 'cyber security' Agency ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has issued a new guide on good practice, practical information and guidelines for the management of network and information security incidents by Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). Recent reports of increased cyber attacks in 2010 has made the need for and use of the Agency report on how to fight Cyber attacks even...

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, January 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The EU's 'cyber security' Agency ENISA, (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has today issued a report on Data Breach Notifications. The EU data breach notification (DBN) requirement for the electronic communications sector in the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) is vital to increase in the long term the level of data security in Europe. The Agency has reviewed the current situation and identified the key...