Cybersecurity

The risk assessment conducted on a Union level revealed substantial cyber threat level to the EU, highlighting discovered vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors targeting EU entities.

With regards to the cybersecurity capabilities at the EU level, EU Member States have developed cybersecurity strategies that present an overall alignment in objectives. Critical sectors appear more heterogenous in terms of size and criticality which complicates supervision and uniform implementation of cybersecurity measures. On the citizens level, it is suggested that cybersecurity awareness has likely increased among EU citizens. Digital skills level of younger generations appears higher, despite variations in the availability of education programmes and education maturity among Member States.