OpenForum Europe has made available a position paper on the draft Cybersecurity Act and a backgrounder on cybersecurity standards in Europe. Both can be found in the Library. ... [Continue Reading]
International standards can be leveraged to build trust in the Digital Single Market
In September 2017, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on Cybersecurity (the ‘Cybersecurity Act’), which includes a section defining a regulatory framework for the cybersecurity certification of ICT products and services. Improved trust is key to delivering the Digital Single Market, but: to what extent does the proposed framework address real cybersecurity needs? and can ... [Continue Reading]
ICT Standardisation in a Digital World
The standardisation world is at a crossroads; standards are: critical for digitisation of private and public sectors alike; increasingly high on the political agendas of both the European Commission and Member States, as instruments for industrial and innovation policy; and key assets of industry, for open infrastructures and technologies. Considering the increased relevance of openness, which is ... [Continue Reading]
EU Copyright: New elements introduced in the Council’s compromise proposal hamper innovation and create legal uncertainty
Several committees of the European Parliament adopted their respective opinions in the past months, focusing on different aspects of the EU Copyright review. The latest opinion is the one adopted by the LIBE committee, dealing with the protection of fundamental rights. LIBE adopted its opinion on 20 November and although not perfect, at least it clearly tries to ensure that the provisions of ... [Continue Reading]
Digital Transformation Roundtable: the Tallinn Declaration now needs to be properly implemented
The Tallinn Declaration, which was formally adopted by EU ministers on 6 October 2017, reflects some of the features of a Digital Government of the future: the Once only principle, ways to create trust in e-Government services using new technologies such as blockchain, and ways to measure the evolution from an analogue government towards a borderless one, for the benefit of citizens and ... [Continue Reading]
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