The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has published a new paper that analyzes the potential economic impact of establishing a US national privacy law similar to the laws adopted in the European Union or in California. The paper, titled “The Costs of an Unnecessarily Stringent Federal Data Privacy Law,” focuses
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Note: This article was produced for the StandICT.eu project, a Horizon 2020 initiative that focuses on ICT standardisation and defines a pragmatic approach to reinforce the EU’s presence in the international development of standards. In recent years, cybersecurity has become a key transatlantic policy issue. It has particularly resonated in the EU and the US,
NGI Explorers is offering full grants to EU cybersecurity researchers interested in travelling to the US to accelerate their projects and learn from American experts in the field. The program is part of the European Commission´s Next Generation Internet initiative, which aims to foster an Internet of the future that embodies European values. The program,
The AEGIS project consortium participated in the EU-US Next Generation Internet (NGI) collaboration workshops in Washington, D.C. on July 10. The workshops were organized by Think NEXUS, a Horizon 2020 project that aims to reinforce EU-US collaboration in NGI in areas such as science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and policy. AEGIS project members took
The ENRICH in the USA project, a Horizon 2020 funded project that offers services to connect European research, technology and business organizations, has opened the application period for its Entrepreneurial Skills Development Program. The program is aimed at early and mid-career researchers based in EU Member States or Associated Countries. To qualify, researchers must be
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting the “Global City Teams Challenge – Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge” in Washington, D.C. from July 10-12. The competition brings together hundreds of technology teams that have developed smart solutions to address the issues faced by cities and communities. NIST launched the challenge
The CONNECT University Summer School, a European Commission initiative, will host a session on cybersecurity in critical economic sectors on July 4 in Brussels. The session, titled “Cybersecurity in health, banking, transport and insurance,” will feature European Commission and external cybersecurity experts that will discuss current challenges in these areas and present possible innovative solutions.
The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) has published a call announcing two research assistant positions in cybersecurity and privacy. The positions are funded by the RAIS, a program in the Marie Curie Initial Training Network. The selected candidates will focus on two key areas of cybersecurity and privacy research: mitigation of cyberattacks
The AEGIS project will discuss the current state of EU-US cybersecurity cooperation at the CONNECT University Summer School in Brussels on June 25. The consortium will be part of the “International cybersecurity challenges” session. Project members will speak about each region´s priorities and highlight the areas where collaboration already exists. Additionally, AEGIS will speak about
The PANACEAresearch project will host a free webinar on people-based, innovative cybersecurity models for the healthcare sector on April 18. In addition, the webinar will present the overall objective of the PANACEAresearch project: the development of a holistic cybersecurity toolkit for healthcare institutions with a combination of technical and non-technical elements. According to PANACEAresearch, the