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EU Agrees on Cybersecurity Legislation

Thursday, December 10th, 2015

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EU Agrees on Cybersecurity Legislation

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European Union (EU) negotiators from the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission agreed on the first union-wide legislation to improve member cybersecurity, the Commission said Tuesday.The three EU governing institutions making up the legislative (European Parliament and Council of the European Union) and executive (European Commission) bodies agreed on draft legislation based on a 2013 Commission proposal for a directive to ensure a common high level of network and information security (NIS) across the…

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