Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 16 december 2020.
Cyberspace is like the physical world. It offers great opportunities, politically and economically, but unfortunately, it is also a space where state and non-state actors breach the rule of law, misuse technology to advance their political agendas. The threat is real, it evolves constantly and it becomes everyday more important.
Last year, 2019, there were 450 incidents involving European critical infrastructures, including the finance and energy sector. With the [coronavirus] pandemic the threat has become more prominent. Only last week, the European Medicines Agency was attacked.
With this new Cybersecurity Strategy that we are putting forward, we want to increase the chances to better protect governments, citizens and businesses from cyber threats and secure an open and stable Internet.