EU Agency Maps Key Online Security Actors, Strategies, and Good Practices Across Europe

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, May 12, 2010 - The EU Agency, ENISA, (European Network and Information
Security Agency) launches comprehensive study: European countries are highly
varied in how prepared they are for dealing with the cybercrime, attacks and
network resilience. This is a key finding of an updated and extended 2nd
edition of 'Country Reports', published today. The Reports provide a
comprehensive 750 pages-plus overview of the status of Network and
Information Security [NIS] in 30 European Countries, including identification
of stakeholders and trends.

A key finding of the Reports, conducted for ENISA by Deloitte, is that
there is no particular pattern in the observed European countries with
respect to the existence of a national NIS strategy. Yet, many countries are
found to be putting major efforts into making progress in this area.
Information exchange mechanisms and cooperation amongst key stakeholders also
vary from country to country. Successful cases of NIS - in areas such as
security incident management and reporting, risk management and emerging
risks, network resilience, privacy and trust, and awareness raising - are
outlined as inspiration for others.

As such, the Country Reports offer a unique overview of NIS
"state of the art" in the 27 EU Union Member States and the 3 EEA countries
[Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway]. Each Report outlines the country's NIS
strategy, regulatory framework and key policy measures, key stakeholders and
their mandate, role and responsibilities. They provide an overview of the key
NIS activities, key stakeholders interactions, information exchange
mechanisms, co-operation platforms, and country-specific facts, trends, good
practices and inspiring cases.

The Country Reports are complemented by an updated Who-is-Who
Directory on NIS, which serve as a "yellow pages" of NIS in Europe,
containing contacts, websites and short descriptions of national and European
authorities, CERTs, private sector and academic organisations active in NIS,
as well as international and pan-European Organisations working in the area.

The Executive Director of ENISA, Dr Udo Helmbrecht comments:

"The media often report information security incidents. But individuals,
organisations and policy makers often don't know how to prevent incidents,
or where to turn to when things go wrong. ENISA has done a comprehensive job
in mapping the security situation in Europe through these Country Reports and
Who-is-Who Directory. This is of course key for all policy makers in the EU.
We hope it will also help citizens and organisations in Europe understand
what to do when they're faced with problems."

For Updated Country Reports
www.enisa.europa.eu/act/sr/country-reports

The updated Who-is-Who Directory on NIS-Edition 2010 is soon available
at: www.enisa.europa.eu/act/sr/nis-brokerage-1.

For interviews: Ulf Bergstrom, Spokesman, ENISA, press at enisa.europa.eu, Mobile: +30-6948-460143, Silvia Portesi, Expert in Stakeholder Relations, Silvia.Portesi at enisa.europa.eu, Ulrike Lechner, Expert in Stakeholder Relations, Ulrike.Lechner at enisa.europa.eu