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DORA Reporting Period Begins: Supply Chain Security as a Predetermined Breaking Point

Regulatory requirements increasingly affect non-regulated third-party providers De facto NIS2 compliance required even before coming into force Be prepared becomes a competitive factor Between 14 and 28 April 2025, financial institutions in the EU must have registered their IT service providers with the Federal...

date 2025/04/11

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eco – Association of the Internet Industry Calls for Evaluation of European Laws Before the Introduction of New EU Security Measures

In view of the planned strategy on internal security, the eco Association warns the EU Commission against a hasty reform and calls for existing laws and regulations to be reviewed. Hasty measures can burden businesses and even curtail fundamental rights.

date 2025/03/13

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Networks

Statement on the European Internal Security Strategy

eco comments on the topics raised by the European Commission for a new European Internal Security Strategy. The new Internal Security Strategy is intended to further explore challenges arising from a “global and interconnected environment in which criminal networks, terrorists, extremist groups and hostile state and non-state...

date 2025/03/13

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NIS2 and the ENISA “Implementing Guide”: How Digital Companies Can Effectively Enhance Their Cybersecurity

How can the technical requirements of the NIS2 regulation be implemented? This question will be the focus of discussion among eco members at the next regular meeting of the KRITIS Competence Group – scheduled on 13 February 2025 at the DE-CIX Meeting Center in Frankfurt. Ulrich Plate, Head of the KRITIS CG, will present the status of ENISA’s “Implementing Guide” at this event. You can now gain insights from our brief interview with him.

date 2025/02/06

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Association of the Internet Industry Warns Against Unconstitutional Surveillance: Union Calls for Massive Expansion of Security Powers

eco sharply criticizes the extensive surveillance demands of the CDU/CSU. In response to today’s government statement by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Union is calling for aspects such as data retention.

date 2025/01/29

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Cybersecurity Trends 2025

The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a radical transformation. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing not only open up new opportunities, but also create new types of threats. Simultaneously, hybrid working models, the expansion of IoT ecosystems and the increasing networking of critical...

date 2025/01/02

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Digital Business Models

Quantum Keys: The Key to Digital Security

In this interview, Axel Föry, Executive Vice President Strategy and Business Development at ID Quantique, explains how quantum keys protect highly sensitive data, what practical applications already exist and why companies should start using quantum encryption today.

date 2024/11/21

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NIS2 Hearing: eco Calls for Swift Implementation to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Germany

Today, the German Bundestag’s Committee on Internal Affairs and Home Affairs is dealing with the outstanding issues regarding the implementation of the NIS2 Directive, whose deadline for national transposition already expired on October 17, 2024. eco Association is urging for a swift adoption of the law.

date 2024/11/04

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Rat Running Instead of the Fast Lane? NIS2 Delay Slows Down EU Cybersecurity

Today was supposed to be the day. The NIS2 Directive, which has been in force since January 2023, was to be implemented into national law by all EU Member States by 17 October 2024. However, it has been clear for some time that Germany will not meet this deadline. And now?

date 2024/10/17

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IT Security Survey 2025 – Your Input Is Needed!

The large IT security survey is in full swing – take part and support the work of the Security Competence Group in the eco Association!

date 2024/10/14

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