Pillar III: Trust & Security
nly 12% of European web users feel completely safe making online transactions. Threats such as malicious software and online fraud unsettle consumers and dog efforts to promote the online economy. The Digital Agenda proposes a number of practical solutions, including a coordinated European response to cyber-attacks and reinforced rules on personal data protection.
List of Actions
• Action 28: Reinforced Network and Information Security Policy
• Action 29: Combat cyber-attacks against information systems
• Action 30: Establish a European cybercrime platform
• Action 31: Analyse the usefulness of creating a European cybercrime centre
• Action 32: Strengthen the fight against cybercrime and cyber-attacks at international level
• Action 33: Support EU-wide cyber-security preparedness
• Action 34: Explore the extension of security breach notification provisions
• Action 35: Guidance on implementation of Telecoms rules on privacy
• Action 36: Support reporting of illegal content online and awareness campaigns on online safety for children
• Action 37: Foster self-regulation in the use of online services
• Action 38: Member States to establish pan-European Computer Emergency Response Teams
• Action 39: Member States to carry out cyber-attack simulations
• Action 40: Member States to implement harmful content alert hotlines
• Action 41: Member States to set up national alert platforms
• Action 123: Proposal for Directive on network and information security
• Action 124: EU Cyber-security strategy
• Action 125 Expand the Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online
Promoting fast and ultra fast Internet access for all
Europe needs competitively priced fast and ultra fast Internet access for all. To achieve this, the EU must establish next generation access networks (NGAs). The Commission is channelling some of its public funds, via different instruments, to invest in broadband infrastructure.