New EU Cyber Security Rules for Electric

What’s happening? EU regulators are building on 2018 rules with specific new cybersecurity rules for the electric sector. New features will include requiring national authorities to share information about cyberattacks with officials in other EU member states, including whether attacks could affect other countries; and a need for an agency that responds to cyberattacks and potentially helps detect them.

Why is this important? The regulators noticed that while the EU adopted the first rules in 2018, critical infrastructure was determined country by country using varying standards. While  the continent shares an electricity grid and attacks could spread among countries.

How will this be important? Laws regularly hop the pond and are adopted in the States.

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