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National governments reported 309 important cybersecurity incidents affecting the well being care sector in 2023 — greater than in another essential sector, the Commission stated.
The plan is a key pledge of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — a medical physician herself — to be accomplished in the course of the first 100 days of her second time period.
The plan proposes organising a European Cybersecurity Support Center for hospitals and the well being care sector on the EU’s cybersecurity company ENISA. That assist middle will present instruments and companies together with an early warning system, testing and assessing hospitals’ cybersecurity requirements, sharing details about vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting and steerage on how to answer incidents.
ENISA will get further funding for this, an EU official granted anonimity to debate particulars of the plan informed reporters in Brussels. But precisely how a lot funding — like many different parts of the plan — is but to be determined.
Asked whether or not the plan will contain new funding, Virkkunen stated that “all the time extra funding can be welcome,” including that is one thing that shall be mentioned in upcoming consultations with EU nations.
The Commission additionally plans to arrange a fast response service particularly for the well being sector, to be organized by way of the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, an emergency response mechanism that is a part of one other EU cyber regulation, the Cyber Solidarity Act.
