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BusinessEurope CEO Dialogue
Brussels, 10 November 2022
Main messages
As the latest annual ENISA Cybersecurity Threat Landscape demonstrates,
state
sponsored actors are among the most prominent threat actors. Indeed, Russia’s
military aggression against Ukraine has been accompanied by malicious cyber
activities, such as the attack on the VIASAT satellite network, which carry the risk of
spillover into the EU. EU Member States, as well as our neighbours, have also been
targeted by pro-Kremlin actors in retaliation for their solidarity with Ukraine. As a result,
the EU and its Member States have been exercising constant vigilance and
cooperating closely.
The revised
Network Information Security (NIS) directive was agreed this year by
the Parliament and Council. It will boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU by
ensuring Member States' preparedness and cooperation, as well as a culture of
security across sectors that are vital for our economy and society and that rely
heavily on ICTs, such as energy, transport, water, banking, financial market
infrastructures, healthcare and digital infrastructure.
The new directive also formally creates the CyCLONe network, composed of Member
State cybersecurity authorities and the Commission. The purpose of the network is the
coordinated management of large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises at
operational level, and to support information exchange between Member States and
EU institutions, bodies and agencies.
Also this year, the Commission adopted in September its proposal for a
Cyber
Resilience Act. It is an unprecedented set of rules for
mandatory cybersecurity
requirements for manufacturers and developers of products with digital
elements, throughout their whole lifecycle, in order to address the ever-expanding
attack surface presented by the growth of connected devices.
Cooperation with the private sector is indispensable. At a European level, this is
already taking place notably through the EU CyberNet (the
EU’s Cyber Capacity
Building Network) and the
Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE). Developing
ties with the private sector can act as an amplifier of public capacities, in particular in a
context of
skills shortages across the EU, and identifying and coordinating these
private partners could make a difference in the event of large-scale incidents.
In particular, the
private sector has provided pivotal cybersecurity support to
Ukraine, in the form of hardware, software and expertise. We are keen to learn lessons
from this experience.
Main messages
The establishment of the
Trade and Technology Council (TTC) with India marks the
importance the EU attaches to cooperating with India given its technological strengths
and possibilities to unleash an important untapped growth potential for trade. A
high-
level Digital Investment Forum to be organised in the context of the TTC could serve
as a platform for business stakeholders on both sides to discuss related challenges
and opportunities.
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India’s policies of promoting local y-based manufacturing and development of a home-
grown digital industry could potentially undermine regulatory convergence and
complicate market access.
Keeping businesses and other stakeholders closely
involved in tackling these issues will be essential to use the leverage they can exert
on government players.
EU and Indian businesses can also
share their market and opportunities
knowledge, access to finance, facilitation schemes, etc., specific to digital universe
Business leaders from both sides could also discuss
concrete opportunities for
digital cooperation, raise issues of concern and foster innovation/start-up cooperation
Adhering to international standards and eliminating barriers to trade would help
create a “no-surprise” business approach, which would foster trade and investment,
and ultimately strengthen the EU-India partnership.
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