EU Confronts Rising Cyberthreats With Joint Resilience Push

ENISA's Hans de Vries Addresses Cyberthreat Interdependencies in European Security Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • April 30, 2025

European nations face increasing risk from rapidly evolving threats, especially within interconnected supply chains. The region still lags behind in ensuring overall resilience against these threats, said Hans de Vries, chief cybersecurity and operations officer at ENISA, the EU agency for cybersecurity. Europe urgently needs to address these weaknesses to achieve more robust resilience and prevent systemic crises triggered by supply chain breaches.

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From a crisis management standpoint, ENISA, along with the European Commission and member states, is creating a new cybersecurity blueprint. This framework is designed to guide swift, coordinated action in the face of cyber incidents. Member states are increasingly aligning their strategies, working collectively to enhance Europe's unified cybersecurity posture.

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