New rules to boost cybersecurity of the EU institutions enter into force

The new Cybersecurity Regulation lays down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies of the Union entered into force.

The Regulation lays down measures for the establishment of an internal cybersecurity risk management, governance, and control framework for each Union entity, and sets up a new Interinstitutional Cybersecurity Board (IICB) to monitor and support its implementation by Union entities.

It provides an extended mandate of the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies (CERT-EU), as a threat intelligence, information exchange, and incident response coordination hub, a central advisory body, and a service provider. In line with its mandate, CERT-EU is renamed to Cybersecurity Service for the Union institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies, but it retains the short name “CERT-EU”.

Next steps

Following the timeline defined in the Regulation, the Union entities will establish internal cybersecurity governance processes and will progressively put in place specific cybersecurity risk management measures foreseen by the Regulation. The IICB will be set up and will become operational as soon as possible, to ensure the strategic steering to CERT-EU under its extended mandate, provide guidance and support to the Union entities, and monitor the implementation of the Regulation.