Source: European Parliament
Close cooperation with like-minded countries is essential in order to enhance preparedness and resilience in cybersecurity. As explained in Recital 54 of Regulation (EU) 2019/881[1], cyber threats are a global problem, and therefore close international cooperation is necessary to improve cybersecurity standards, and to promote swifter response to network and information security issues.
In this context, Article 12 of that regulation states that the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) should support the EU involvement and cooperation with third countries and international organisations.
ENISA’s International strategy[2] from November 2021 sets out that international cooperation should focus on partners with which the EU has strategic economic relationships, and which share EU values.
The EU has regular exchanges on cybersecurity with South Korea framed under the ongoing Cyber Dialogue, which is co-chaired by Commission services and the European External Action Service.
It is in that context that further discussions on inter-agencies cooperation on cybersecurity could be considered, taking into account the overall priorities of international engagements of both parties as well as the mandate of the respective agencies.