Cybersecurity: MEPs back rules to help vital services resist online threats

EU News 242/2016

06/07/2016
European Parliament

Firms supplying essential services, e.g. for energy, transport, banking and health, or digital ones, such as search engines and cloud services, will have to improve their ability to withstand cyber-attacks under the first EU-wide rules on cybersecurity, approved by MEPs on Wednesday.

Setting common cybersecurity standards and stepping up cooperation among EU countries will help firms to protect themselves, and also help prevent attacks on EU countries’ interconnected infrastructure, say MEPs.

Source and additional information:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160701IPR34481/Cybersecurity-MEPs-back-rules-to-help-vital-services-resist-online-threats

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