3: Trust and Security

Only 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.

Objective(s):

28: Reinforced Network and Information Security Policy

29: Combat cyber attacks against information systems

30: Establish a European cybercrime platform

31: Analyse the usefulness of creating a European cybercrime centre

32: Strengthen the fight against cybercrime at international level

33: Support EU-wide cyber-security preparedness

34: Explore the extension of security breach notification provisions

35: Guidance on implementation of Telecoms rules on privacy

36: Support reporting of illegal content online and awareness campaigns on online safety for children

37: Foster self-regulation in the use online services

38: Member States to establish pan-European Computer Emergency Response Teams

39: Member States to carry out cyber attack simulations

40: Member States to implement harmful content alert hotlines

41: Member States to set up national alert platforms

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