European Union: Adoption of EU Cybersecurity Act

The EU adopts the Cybersecurity Act, giving powers to the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) in case of a large cyber attack.

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Cybersecurity regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

cross-cutting, cross-cutting, cross-cutting

Implementation Level

supranational

Government Branch

legislature

Government Body

parliament

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2017-09-13

under deliberation

On 9 September 2017, the European Commission issued the proposal for a regulation, the EU Cybersecu…

2019-04-17

adopted

The EU adopts the Cybersecurity Act, giving powers to the EU Agency for Network and Information Sec…

2019-06-27

in force

The EU Cybersecurity Act goes into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal.