Attacks targeting critical infrastructure are among the biggest cybersecurity threats, Ionuț Stoica, program officer at the European Cyber Security Competence Center (ECCC), told a specialized conference on Tuesday.
„I would start a little bit from the threat side, because we have many institutions both on the cybercrime side and on the cybersecurity side. We have regulations, European directives, conventions, but we need to understand why it is necessary to have all these measures, why it is necessary to have all these bodies operating either on the cybersecurity side or on the cybercrime side. Among the biggest threats on the cybersecurity side, we can talk about these attacks targeting critical infrastructure. We are seeing more and more power grid cases, we are seeing ransomware attacks targeting hospitals and DDoS attacks targeting the websites of major state institutions. In addition to the other attacks directly targeting EU citizens, we can also talk about online fraud involving electronic payment and other types of attacks”, stressed Stoica, according to Agerpres.
According to the specialist, by understanding what the risks are, „we can talk about the mechanisms that exist in terms of mitigating these risks”.
„Pe de o parte, pe parte legislativă avem, la nivelul Uniunii Europene, aceste Directive europene – NIS1 și NIS2, avem „Cyber Resilience Act” și alte astfel de Regulamente care vin să impună unele reguli minime, dar obligatorii. Pe partea de cybersecurity, însă, nu este suficient să avem doar aceste mecanisme, doar aceste reguli, ci este necesar să-i ajutăm pe cei implicați în implementarea acestor măsuri să le ducă la bun sfârșit. Aici aș veni să precizez care este rolul Centrului European de Competențe în domeniul Securității Cibernetice. Rolul este acela de a sprijini actorii implicați pe partea de cybersecurity să implementeze măsurile necesare, astfel încât să asigure această reziliență cibernetică despre care vorbim și prin intermediul proiectelor finanțate de către Oficiul de Cybersecurity. Avem, în prezent, peste 200 de de proiecte în finanțare, în sumă totală de peste 600 de milioane de euro, care vizează pe de o parte întreprinderile mici și mijlocii care trebuie să implementeze măsuri pentru a respecta aceste Directive europene pentru a avea aceste standarde prevăzute de Cyber Resilence Act”said the official.
The ECCC specialist also mentioned that, through a specialized platform, business communities and beyond can exchange experiences and best practices in the area of cybersecurity.
„We have a platform called Atlas. Through this platform we are trying to create real communities in the cyber area to exchange best practices, experiences and to further help implement the necessary measures. We cannot create these communities on our own and that is why they are realized with the help of National Cybersecurity Centers. So, in every EU Member State we have these National Centers through which we manage to reach out to stakeholders and create these much needed communities. I would say we are only strong if we work together. That is why we need these communities, we need coordination and cooperation”said Ionuț Stoica.
Confindustria Romania and the Romanian Federation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (FPIAR) organized, on Tuesday, the event „Cybersecurity, Technical and Legal Aspects: Two Sides of the Same Coin”.
