ENISA Can Strengthen EU Cybersecurity Through Transparency and Collaboration
BRUSSELS – Global tech trade association ITI provided feedback to the European Commission on the performance of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and offered recommendations for Europe’s lead cyber agency to improve the impact, effectiveness, and efficiency of the European cybersecurity certification framework.
In its comment submission, ITI reiterated the importance of:
- Prioritizing transparency and collaboration in ENISA’s regulatory and working practices;
- Safeguarding ENISA’s status as a technical and independent agency; and
- Investing funding and resources to support ENISA’s increasing workload.
“We believe that there is room for more transparency regarding ENISA’s organisational structure and its working practices. The processes by which it undertakes the development of certification schemes should also be more collaborative and it should ensure that different stakeholders, including industry, trade associations, standardisation bodies, and Member States are duly consulted,” ITI said in its comments.
ITI’s submission also urged the Commission and Member States to adhere to mandates and objectives so that ENISA remains a technical and independent cybersecurity agency.
“ENISA should not be put in position where it has to mix technical work with politically motivated objectives, such as in the context of the development of the European Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS),” ITI wrote in its comments.
“New resources must also be allocated to ENISA to properly carry out its current tasks and the new tasks to fulfil its mandate without deprioritising other activities, such as the development of certification schemes. Policymakers should avoid assigning ENISA new tasks if they are unable to guarantee its adequate financing. Similarly, ENISA needs to be able to work collaboratively with international peers and provide for state-of-the-art solutions regarding new trends, as well as to be more visible in international cybersecurity dialogues, which will all require additional resources,” ITI continued in its comments.
Read ITI’s full submission here.
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