The European Union is implementing new rules to strengthen cyber defense

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting The newspaper “Stuttgarter Nachrichten”, according to the new rules that will be adopted, hospitals, power plants, airports and electricity networks in the European Union must be more prepared for digital threats such as hacker attacks in the future.

The negotiators from the European Parliament and member states of this union in Brussels agreed, among other things, that the so-called cyber security warning system should be launched in the future.

The agreement on these regulations is based on the proposal of the European Union Commission. Accordingly, cyber threats should be identified and reported on time with the help of artificial intelligence and data analysis. The European Union Commission estimated the cost of the actions of the law known as the Cyber ​​Solidarity Law of the European Union at 1.1 billion euros. It is for the European domestic market. This European institution said when this project was presented almost a year ago: Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has further intensified this threat. According to this claim, this situation goes hand in hand with a large number of “state actors, criminals and hackers” who are involved in the current geopolitical tensions.

“Angelica Niebler “, member of the European Union Parliament, emphasized that the cyber attack a few days ago on more than 100 hospitals in Romania showed what impact such attacks can have. He emphasized: The danger of cross-border cyber attacks is a reality now. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) also warned in its 2023 report on the state of information technology security in Germany that the threat in cyber space is greater than ever.

The European Commission also presented new plans last September and asked EU countries to better understand cross-border threats and cooperate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ) especially after the explosion in the Russian gas pipelines to Germany.

Svantje Westphal, director of the Security and Safety Institute think tank based in Germany, said in this regard is: The main challenge against cyber attacks is that the operating systems used in Europe are up to 40 years old and therefore very difficult to repair if a problem occurs.

In Sweden, many institutions and companies have recently been disrupted due to extensive cyber attacks. Attackers said to be based in Russia have successfully attacked a major national cloud hosting provider with their Akira ransomware.

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