The EU wants to overhaul cybersecurity to shut out 'high-risk' foreign entities

• The EU wants to streamline its cybersecurity certification process
• Voluntary certification demonstrates compliance across products, services and more
• NIS2 Directive changes are also set to ease compliance for 28,700 European companies

The European Commission has set out plans to revise its Cybersecurity Act, which it says comes in response to an increase in attacks on critical services and democratic institutions.

The proposed changes set out a '"cyber-secure by design" approach, speeding up and simplifying the certification process to help reduce the reliance on suppliers deemed to have national security concerns.

Lawmakers are worried about rising activity from state-backed groups as geopolitical tensions continue globally.

European proposal ...