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- 1 Art. 10 Interinstitutional Cybersecurity Board
- 4 Art. 13 CERT-EU mission and tasks
- 1 Art. 16 Financial and staffing matters
- 1 Art. 18 Cooperation of CERT-EU with other counterparts
- 1 Art. 21 Reporting obligations
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II
MEASURES FOR A HIGH COMMON LEVEL OF CYBERSECURITY
CHAPTER III
INTERINSTITUTIONAL CYBERSECURITY BOARD
CHAPTER IV
CERT-EU
CHAPTER V
COOPERATION AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
- Union entities
- network and information system
- security of network and information systems
- cybersecurity
- highest level of management
- near miss
- incident
- major incident
- large-scale cybersecurity incident
- incident handling
- cyber threat
- significant cyber threat
- vulnerability
- cybersecurity risk
- cloud computing service
- shall 68
- iicb 39
- cert-eu 35
- union_entities 29
- incident 25
- union 24
- article 22
- information 19
- cybersecurity 18
- significant 16
- european 16
- cert-eu 15
- cooperation 15
- referred 14
- the 14
- including 14
- report 13
- services 13
- member 12
- entity 11
- pursuant 11
- incidents 11
- such 10
- chair 10
- basis 10
- appropriate 9
- without 9
- counterparts 9
- relevant 9
- regulation 9
- impact 8
- which 8
- provided 8
- than 8
- procedure 8
- environment 8
- applicable 8
- state 8
- commission 8
- support 7
- point 7
- eu / 7
- level 7
- network 7
- paragraph 7
- service 7
- under 7
- provide 7
- financial 7
- tasks 7
Article 10
Interinstitutional Cybersecurity Board
1. An Interinstitutional Cybersecurity Board (IICB) is hereby established.
2. The IICB shall be responsible for:
| (a) | monitoring and supporting the implementation of this Regulation by the Union_entities; |
| (b) | supervising the implementation of general priorities and objectives by CERT-EU and providing strategic direction to CERT-EU. |
3. The IICB shall consist of:
| (a) | one representative designated by each of the following:
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| (b) | three representatives designated by the EU Agencies Network (EUAN) on the basis of a proposal by its ICT Advisory Committee to represent the interests of the bodies, offices and agencies of the Union that run their own ICT environment, other than those referred to in point (a). |
The Union_entities represented on the IICB shall aim to achieve gender balance among the designated representatives.
4. Members of the IICB may be assisted by an alternate. Other representatives of the Union_entities referred to in paragraph 3 or of other Union_entities may be invited by the Chair to attend IICB meetings without voting power.
5. The Head of CERT-EU and the Chairs of the Cooperation Group, the CSIRTs network and EU-CyCLONe established, respectively, pursuant to Articles 14, 15 and 16 of Directive (EU) 2022/2555, or their alternates, may participate in IICB meetings as observers. In exceptional cases, the IICB may, in accordance with its internal rules of procedure, decide otherwise.
6. The IICB shall adopt its internal rules of procedure.
7. The IICB shall designate a Chair in accordance with its internal rules of procedure, from among its members for a period of three years. The Chair’s alternate shall become a full member of the IICB for the same duration.
8. The IICB shall meet at least three times a year at the initiative of its Chair, at the request of CERT-EU or at the request of any of its members.
9. Each member of the IICB shall have one vote. The IICB’s decisions shall be taken by simple majority except where otherwise provided for in this Regulation. The Chair of the IICB shall not have a vote except in the event of a tied vote, in which case the Chair may cast a deciding vote.
10. The IICB may act by means of a simplified written procedure initiated in accordance with its internal rules of procedure. Under that procedure, the relevant decision shall be deemed to be approved within the timeframe set by the Chair, except where a member objects.
11. The secretariat of the IICB shall be provided by the Commission and shall be accountable to the Chair of the IICB.
12. The representatives nominated by the EUAN shall relay the IICB’s decisions to the members of the EUAN. Any member of the EUAN shall be entitled to raise with those representatives or the Chair of the IICB any matter which it considers should be brought to the IICB’s attention.
13. The IICB may establish an executive committee to assist it in its work, and delegate some of its tasks and powers to it. The IICB shall lay down the rules of procedure of the executive committee, including its tasks and powers, and the terms of office of its members.
14. By 8 January 2025 and on an annual basis thereafter, the IICB shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council detailing progress made with the implementation of this Regulation and specifying in particular the extent of cooperation of CERT-EU with Member State counterparts in each of the Member States. The report shall constitute an input to the biennial report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union adopted pursuant to Article 18 of Directive (EU) 2022/2555.
Article 13
CERT-EU mission and tasks
1. CERT-EU’s mission shall be to contribute to the security of the unclassified ICT environment of Union_entities by advising them on cybersecurity, by helping them to prevent, detect, handle, mitigate, respond to and recover from incidents and by acting as their cybersecurity information exchange and incident response coordination hub.
2. CERT-EU shall collect, manage, analyse and share information with the Union_entities on cyber_threats, vulnerabilities and incidents in unclassified ICT infrastructure. It shall coordinate responses to incidents at interinstitutional and Union entity level, including by providing or coordinating the provision of specialised operational assistance.
3. CERT-EU shall carry out the following tasks to assist the Union_entities:
| (a) | support them with the implementation of this Regulation and contribute to the coordination of the implementation of this Regulation through the measures listed in Article 14(1) or through ad-hoc reports requested by the IICB; |
| (b) | offer standard CSIRT services for Union_entities by means of a package of cybersecurity services described in its service catalogue (baseline services); |
| (c) | maintain a network of peers and partners to support the services as outlined in Articles 17 and 18; |
| (d) | bring to the attention of the IICB any problems relating to the implementation of this Regulation and the implementation of guidelines, recommendations and calls for action; |
| (e) | on the basis of the information referred to in paragraph 2, contribute to the Union cyber situational awareness in close cooperation with ENISA; |
| (f) | coordinate the management of major incidents; |
| (g) | act on the part of Union_entities as the equivalent of the coordinator designated for the purposes of coordinated vulnerability disclosure pursuant to Article 12(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555; |
| (h) | provide, upon the request of a Union entity, proactive non-intrusive scanning of publicly accessible network_and_information_systems of that Union entity. |
The information referred to in the first subparagraph, point (e), shall be shared with the IICB, the CSIRTs network and the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN), where applicable and appropriate, and subject to appropriate confidentiality conditions.
4. CERT-EU may, in accordance with Article 17 or 18 as appropriate, cooperate with relevant cybersecurity communities within the Union and its Member States, including in the following areas:
| (a) | preparedness, incident coordination, information exchange and crisis response at the technical level on cases linked to Union_entities; |
| (b) | operational cooperation regarding the CSIRTs network, including with regard to mutual assistance; |
| (c) | cyber_threat intelligence, including situational awareness; |
| (d) | on any topic requiring CERT-EU’s technical cybersecurity expertise. |
5. Within its competence, CERT-EU shall engage in structured cooperation with ENISA on capacity building, operational cooperation and long-term strategic analyses of cyber_threats in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/881. CERT-EU may cooperate and exchange information with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre.
6. CERT-EU may provide the following services not described in its service catalogue (chargeable services):
| (a) | services that support the cybersecurity of Union_entities’ ICT environment, other than those referred to in paragraph 3, on the basis of service level agreements and subject to available resources, in particular broad-spectrum network monitoring, including first-line 24/7 monitoring for high-severity cyber_threats; |
| (b) | services that support cybersecurity operations or projects of Union_entities, other than those to protect their ICT environment, on the basis of written agreements and with the prior approval of the IICB; |
| (c) | upon request, a proactive scanning of the network_and_information_systems of the Union entity concerned to detect vulnerabilities with a potential significant impact; |
| (d) | services that support the security of their ICT environment to organisations other than the Union_entities that cooperate closely with Union_entities, for instance by having tasks or responsibilities conferred under Union law, on the basis of written agreements and with the prior approval of the IICB. |
With regard to the first subparagraph, point (d), CERT-EU may, on an exceptional basis, enter into service level agreements with entities other than the Union_entities with the prior approval of the IICB.
7. CERT-EU shall organise and may participate in cybersecurity exercises or recommend participation in existing exercises, where applicable in close cooperation with ENISA, to test the level of cybersecurity of the Union_entities.
8. CERT-EU may provide assistance to Union_entities regarding incidents in network_and_information_systems handling EUCI where it is explicitly requested to do so by the Union_entities concerned in accordance with their respective procedures. The provision of assistance by CERT-EU under this paragraph shall be without prejudice to applicable rules concerning the protection of classified information.
9. CERT-EU shall inform Union_entities about its incident handling procedures and processes.
10. CERT-EU shall contribute, with a high level of confidentiality and reliability, via the appropriate cooperation mechanisms and reporting lines, relevant and anonymised information about major incidents and the manner in which they were handled. That information shall be included in the report referred to in Article 10(14).
11. CERT-EU shall, in cooperation with the EDPS, support the Union_entities concerned when addressing incidents resulting in personal data breaches, without prejudice to the competence and tasks of the EDPS as a supervisory authority under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
12. CERT-EU may, if expressly requested by Union_entities’ policy departments, provide technical advice or input on relevant policy matters.
Article 16
Financial and staffing matters
1. CERT-EU shall be integrated into the administrative structure of a directorate-general of the Commission in order to benefit from the Commission’s administrative, financial management and accounting support structures, while maintaining its status as an autonomous interinstitutional service provider for all Union_entities. The Commission shall inform the IICB of the administrative location of CERT-EU and any changes thereto. The Commission shall review the administrative arrangements related to CERT-EU on a regular basis and in any event before the establishment of any multiannual financial framework pursuant to Article 312 TFEU, in order to allow for appropriate action to be taken. The review shall include the possibility of establishing CERT-EU as a Union office.
2. For the application of administrative and financial procedures, the Head of CERT-EU shall act under the authority of the Commission and under the supervision of the IICB.
3. CERT-EU’s tasks and activities, including services provided by CERT-EU pursuant to Article 13(3), (4), (5) and (7) and Article 14(1) to Union_entities financed from the heading of the multiannual financial framework dedicated to European public administration, shall be funded by means of a distinct budget line of the Commission budget. The posts earmarked for CERT-EU shall be detailed in a footnote to the Commission establishment plan.
4. Union_entities other than those referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article shall make an annual financial contribution to CERT-EU to cover the services provided by CERT-EU pursuant to that paragraph. The contributions shall be based on orientations given by the IICB and agreed between each Union entity and CERT-EU in service level agreements. The contributions shall represent a fair and proportionate share of the total costs of services provided. They shall be received by the distinct budget line referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, as internal assigned revenue, as provided for in Article 21(3), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.
5. The costs of the services provided for in Article 13(6) shall be recovered from the Union_entities receiving CERT-EU services. The revenues shall be assigned to the budget lines supporting the costs.
Article 18
Cooperation of CERT-EU with other counterparts
1. CERT-EU may cooperate with counterparts in the Union other than those referred to in Article 17 which are subject to Union cybersecurity requirements, including industry sector-specific counterparts, on tools and methods, such as techniques, tactics, procedures and best practices, and on cyber_threats and vulnerabilities. For all cooperation with such counterparts, CERT-EU shall seek prior approval from the IICB on a case-by-case basis. Where CERT-EU establishes cooperation with such counterparts, it shall inform any relevant Member State counterparts referred to in Article 17(1), in the Member State in which the counterpart is located. Where applicable and appropriate, such cooperation and the conditions thereof, including regarding cybersecurity, data protection and information handling, shall be established in specific confidentiality arrangements such as contracts or administrative arrangements. The confidentiality arrangements shall not require prior approval by the IICB, but the Chair of the IICB shall be informed. In the case of an urgent and imminent need to exchange cybersecurity information in the interests of Union_entities or another party, CERT-EU may do so with an entity whose specific competence, capacity and expertise are justifiably required to assist with such an urgent and imminent need, even if CERT-EU does not have a confidentiality arrangement in place with that entity. In such cases, CERT-EU shall immediately inform the Chair of the IICB, and shall report to the IICB by means of regular reports or meetings.
2. CERT-EU may cooperate with partners, such as commercial entities, including industry sector-specific entities, international organisations, non-Union national entities or individual experts, to gather information on general and specific cyber_threats, near_misses, vulnerabilities and possible countermeasures. For wider cooperation with such partners, CERT-EU shall seek prior approval from the IICB on a case-by-case basis.
3. CERT-EU may, with the consent of the Union entity affected by an incident and provided that a non-disclosure arrangement or contract is in place with the relevant counterpart or partner, provide information related to the specific incident to counterparts or partners referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 solely for the purpose of contributing to its analysis.
CHAPTER V
COOPERATION AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Article 21
Reporting obligations
1. An incident shall be considered to be significant if:
| (a) | it has caused or is capable of causing severe operational disruption to the functioning of, or financial loss to, the Union entity concerned; |
| (b) | it has affected or is capable of affecting other natural or legal persons by causing considerable material or non-material damage. |
2. Union_entities shall submit to CERT-EU:
| (a) | without undue delay and in any event within 24 hours of becoming aware of the significant incident, an early warning, which, where applicable, shall indicate that the significant incident is suspected of being caused by unlawful or malicious acts or could have a cross-entity or a cross-border impact; |
| (b) | without undue delay and in any event within 72 hours of becoming aware of the significant incident, an incident notification, which, where applicable, shall update the information referred to in point (a) and indicate an initial assessment of the significant incident, including its severity and impact, as well as, where available, the indicators of compromise; |
| (c) | upon the request of CERT-EU, an intermediate report on relevant status updates; |
| (d) | a final report not later than one month after the submission of the incident notification under point (b), including the following:
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| (e) | in the event of an ongoing incident at the time of the submission of the final report referred to in point (d), a progress report at that time and a final report within one month of their handling of the incident. |
3. A Union entity shall, without undue delay and in any event within 24 hours of becoming aware of a significant incident, inform any relevant Member State counterparts referred to in Article 17(1) in the Member State where it is located that a significant incident has occurred.
4. The Union_entities shall notify, inter alia, any information enabling CERT-EU to determine any cross-entity impact, impact on the hosting Member State or cross-border impact following a significant incident. Without prejudice to Article 12, the mere act of notification shall not subject the Union entity to increased liability.
5. Where applicable, Union_entities shall communicate, without undue delay, to the users of the network_and_information_systems affected, or of other components of the ICT environment, that are potentially affected by a significant incident or a significant cyber_threat, and, where appropriate, need to take mitigating measures, any measures or remedies that they can take in response to that incident or that threat. Where appropriate, Union_entities shall inform those users of the significant cyber_threat itself.
6. Where a significant incident or significant cyber_threat affects a network_and_information_system, or a component of a Union entity’s ICT environment that is knowingly connected with another Union entity’s ICT environment, CERT-EU shall issue a relevant cybersecurity alert.
7. The Union_entities, upon the request of CERT-EU, shall, without undue delay, provide CERT-EU with digital information created by the use of electronic devices involved in their respective incidents. CERT-EU may provide further details of the types of information that it requires for situational awareness and incident response.
8. CERT-EU shall submit to the IICB, ENISA, the EU INTCEN and the CSIRTs network, every three months, a summary report including anonymised and aggregated data on significant incidents, incidents, cyber_threats, near_misses and vulnerabilities pursuant to Article 20 and significant incidents notified pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article. The summary report shall constitute an input to the biennial report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union adopted pursuant to Article 18 of Directive (EU) 2022/2555.
9. By 8 July 2024, the IICB shall issue guidelines or recommendations further specifying the arrangements for, and format and content of, the reporting pursuant to this Article. When preparing such guidelines or recommendations, the IICB shall take into account any implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 23(11) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 specifying the type of information, the format and the procedure of notifications. CERT-EU shall disseminate the appropriate technical details to enable proactive detection, incident response or mitigating measures by Union_entities.
10. The reporting obligations laid down in this Article shall not extend to:
| (a) | EUCI; |
| (b) | information the further distribution of which has been excluded by means of a visible marking, unless the sharing thereof with CERT-EU has been explicitly allowed. |
whereas