La Directiva europea de Seguridad en Redes y Sistemas de Información (NIS) representa el primer paso en regulación sobre ciberseguridad a nivel de la Unión Europea.
La entrada en vigor de la Directiva NIS se programó para Agosto de 2016. Los Estados Miembros tendrán desde entonces 21 meses para implementar esta  directiva en sus legislaciones nacionales, y 6 meses más para identificar a los operadores de servicios esenciales.

Lo scopo di questa guida è quello di sensibilizzare il settore pubblico e privato sull’adozione della direttiva NIS, con un focus particolare sulle misure pratiche che gli Stati membri devono affrontare per recepire la direttiva nella loro legislazione nazionale.

In this essential guide, we look at the NIS Directive as the first EU wide rules for cyber security, with a focus on the practical steps that Member States should address to implement the directive into their national laws.

In its Communication of 5 July 2016 the European Commission announces the launch of a public-private partnership on cybersecurity and additional market-oriented policy measures to boost industrial capabilities in Europe.

17 May 2016 - the European Council formally adopts new rules to step up the security of network and information systems across the EU.

The network and information security directive (NISD) will increase cooperation between member states on the vital issue of cybersecurity. It lays down security obligations for operators of essential services (in critical sectors such as energy, transport, health and finance) and for digital service providers (online marketplaces, search engines and cloud services).

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is set to release an overhauled systems security engineering document it hopes will change the way software and computer designers think about cyber security.

NIST calls upon U.S. federal agencies, businesses and general population to re-think the approach to cyber security, which should not be just an add-on but a foundational component of any technology that touches the Internet. 

Despite a number of initiatives within the European Network and Information Security community to establish frameworks and standard operating procedures, the EU-level response to cyber incidents, and in particular these which lead to crisis situations, lacks consistency.

ENISA analysed the EU-level crisis management frameworks in five different sectors (aviation, civil protection, border control, counter-terrorism and health and disease control) to make recommendations on more efficient cyber crisis cooperation and management.

Rome 4 February 2016 - The final version of the 2015 Italian Cyber Security Report has been published today to help shape the national cyber security framework.

On 25th January 2016, at the International Cybersecurity Forum in Lille, the European Cybersecurity Industry Leaders (ECIL) workgroup presented a report to European Commissioner for the Digital Economy Gunther Oettinger, focusing on the need to make the EU more trustworthy and digitally secure.

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on how to best set up a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) on cybersecurity, which will be launched in the course of 2016, as part of the European Commission's Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy.