Securing Europe’s Information Society

The EU’s ‘cyber security’ Agency ENISA, i.e. the European Network and Information Security Agency, works for the EU Institutions and Member States.

ENISA is the EU’s response to cyber security issues of the European Union. IT-security concretely affects the daily lives of the citizens and business alike, using broadband, online banking, ecommerce, and mobile phones. Secure networks contribute to the smooth functioning of the Internal Market and the digital economy of Europe. Therefore, the Agency's mission is essential to achieve a high and effective level of Network and Information Security within the European Union, which is paramount for today's Information Society. Together with the EU-institutions and the EU Member States, ENISA works on prevention matters in Network and Information Security for the benefit of the European economy, and the citizens, consumers, and business and public sector organisations in the European Union.

ENISA is supporting the European Commission, the Member States and the business community to address, respond and especially to prevent Network and Information Security problems. ENISA is as an EU Agency, a body of expertise, set up by the EU to carry out specific technical, scientific tasks in the prevention field of Information Security. The Agency also assists the European Commission in the technical preparatory work for updating and developing Community legislation in the field of Network and Information Security.

What does ENISA do?

Operative networks contribute to the smooth functioning of the Internal Market, and concretely affect the daily lives of the citizens and business alike, using broadband, online banking, ecommerce, and mobile phones.

Therefore, the Agency's Mission is essential to achieve a high and effective level of Network and Information Security within the European Union. Together with the EU-institutions and the Member States, ENISA seeks to develop a culture of Network and Information Security for the benefit of citizens, consumers, business and public sector organisations in the European Union.

ENISA is helping the European Commission, the Member States and the business community to address, respond and especially to prevent Network and Information Security problems.

ENISA is as a body of expertise, set up by the EU to carry out very specific technical, scientific tasks in the field of Information Security, working as a "European Agency".

The Agency also assists the European Commission in the technical preparatory work for updating and developing Community legislation in the field of Network and Information Security.

Samples of ENISA activities

  Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and resilience

 Cyber Europe 2012 exercise at National cyber security strategies

 Looking at National cyber security strategies

 Providing Good Practice Guidelines, and analysis of National cyber security exercises

 Supporting the "Digital Firebrigades' i.e. Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT)s community; training, supporting set up and studies, re the mapping and inventory of CERTs

  Analysing and Reporting on the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape

  “Be Aware, Be Secure”: the first European Cyber Security Month

 Improving Security Breach Notification:

- Article 13a Reporting guidelines;
- and implementation gaps analysis:

 Liaison and providing Agency prevention expertise to the Europol and its EU Cybercrime Centre (EC3)



ENISA came into being following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 10 March 2004. Operations started in Crete in September 2005, after an initial setting up period in Brussels.