This workshop will address the state of cybercrime within EU member states and asses what steps need to be taken to tackle the growing threats.
According to studies, cybercrime constitutes half of all crimes perpetrated in some member-states and accounts for the loss of billions of euros per year. Nevertheless, most hacks happen via known exploits, where hackers know the IT networks better than companies and governments.
While Europe has stepped up by adopting a cybersecurity strategy and the NIS Directive or the new European cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre, we see a significant variation on the member-state level.
These different strategies and priorities regarding cyber defense and security by member states may be an increased safety risk for European digital infrastructure as a whole. In light of Russian aggression against Ukraine in a war not just on the conventional battlefield, but in cyberspace, the EU and its member states must to step up against the growing threat from totalitarian regimes such as Russia.
15:00 ELF Welcome
Daniel Kaddik, Director, European Liberal Forum
15:05 Welcome word by MEP (TBA)
15:10 Presentation on cybersecurity landscape in Europe after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war
Speaker: Luigi Martino, Center for Cyber Security and International Relations
15:30 Q&A with Luigi Martino
Speaker: Luigi Martino, Center for Cyber Security and International Relations
Moderator: Dieter Feierabend, Scientific Director, NEOS Lab
16:30 End of the event