The EU cyber security strategy sets out the EU's approach on best preventing and responding to cyber disruptions and attacks. It details a series of actions to enhance the cyber resilience of IT systems, reduce cybercrime and strengthen EU international cyber security policy and cyber defence.

The strategy sets out plans to address challenges under five priority areas:

• achieving cyber resilience
• drastically reducing cybercrime
• developing cyber defence policy and capabilities related to the EU's common security and defence policy (CSDP)
• developing the industrial and technological resources for cyber security
• establishing a coherent international cyberspace policy for the EU

Download the European Commission communication on a cyber security strategy for the EU

Source: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-security/