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Europe-wide harmonization in the areas of critical infrastructure is welcome Avoid fragmentation and differences in implementation Scope should concentrate on actual critical infrastructure The legislative process for a European Directive for Network and Information Security (NIS Directive) is soon to be concluded....

“We welcome that fact that several amendments were included in the draft law concluded today that lead to a more precise and more practical regulation,” says Oliver Süme, eco Director of Policy and Law. The newly introduced evaluation of the obligations for the operators of critical infrastructure, and the narrower...

According to the objectives of the German Digital Agenda, Germany should become a leading location for IT security, but there is a need for action in the improvement of the IT security situation, particularly in the area of critical infrastructure. However, how this challenge should most effectively be met, on a political...

Germany must not take the second step before the first – the parallel legislative processes on IT Security at the national and European level must be closely aligned. This, a central position for eco, was discussed by participants at the first eco Policy Breakfast for 2015 in Berlin last Tuesday morning. Among the around...

In the run-up to the eco Summer Party on 11 September, digital experts discussed current regulatory issues at Google’s Berlin office. Three 30-minute sessions focused on digital sovereignty, artificial intelligence and platform regulation.

From cars to digital services: “Software-Defined Vehicles” are shaping Europe’s mobility of tomorrow. Our article shows why digital infrastructure, data spaces, AI and cybersecurity are crucial – and what politics and businesses can do now.

Today, the German Federal Cabinet approved the draft bill for the German KRITIS Umbrella Act (KRITIS DG), paving the way for further parliamentary proceedings. ‘The KRITIS Umbrella Act is an important step towards greater resilience in Germany. However, it will only be effective if responsibilities are clearly defined and unnecessary duplication of work is avoided," Ulrich Plate comments.

In today’s Tagesspiegel Background, eco Managing Director Alexander Rabe published his perspective on Germany’s digital transformation. The focus is on the question of how the existing AI gap between eastern and western Germany can be overcome.

In this interview, Felix Höger, CEO of EuroCloud, talks about the role of resilience in the cloud and AI environment. He explains why highly available infrastructures are so crucial for the operation of AI applications, why modern AI would be inconceivable without the cloud, and how companies can achieve a balance between cost-effectiveness, sovereignty and resilience when developing cloud-based AI strategies.

Smartphone apps accompany us wherever we go, along with a multi-layered digital infrastructure that remains hidden from most people. Behind every gesture on the display, a complex interplay of Internet exchanges, data centres, content services and global providers unfolds... all of which somehow takes place in the cloud. Having a 'simple' app in your pocket actually means dozens of servers and networks are working in parallel. A recent analysis makes this invisible network tangible.