 The Cyber Competences Act - a Vital EU Regulation Concerning Mandatory Certification of Critical Network and Information Systems’ Operators across the European UnionDanut Maftei Informatica Economica, 2024, vol. 28, issue 2, 45-60 Abstract: Cybersecurity is vitally important to all critical network and information systems (Critical N&IS). Effective information security comprises multiple layers of defense working together to protect Critical N&IS. When developing a proper cybersecurity, the only considered are especially technical layers, but effective penetration attacks often involve a mix of both the social and technical vectors of attack. The fact that the human error is one of the vital layers that could be a potential weakness for any system that incorporates humans needs a special attention and should be handled at the EU level. Given the increasing number of incidents created by insufficiently trained operators, a strategic necessity arises: the mandatory training and certification of Critical N&IS’ operators across the EU. This objective could be fulfilled through a new Regulation (The Cyber Competences Act) for laying down measures to complement achieving a high common level of cybersecurity within the European Union. Keywords: Cyber competences; Human error; Vulnerabilities; Critical network and information systems; Certification (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aes:infoec:v:28:y:2024:i:2:p:45-60 Access Statistics for this article Informatica Economica is currently edited by Ion Ivan More articles in Informatica Economica from Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania Contact information at EDIRC. |
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