The nations will share information to identify and implement options to strengthen sectors of economies that are increasingly targeted by criminals and to implement effective responses.
This includes the adoption of best practices on cyber hygiene and providing stakeholders with the tools needed to “effectively and rapidly” report cyber incidents.
An EU proposal to force browsers to accept web certificates created by the bloc risks “upsetting a carefully curated set of rules and technologies that undergird almost all privacy and security online”, according to a leading cybersecurity expert.
eIDAS mandated the creation of Qualified Website Authentication Certificates (QWACs), which essentially vouch for a website’s professed identity. As such, the scheme purports to protect users from malicious domains parading as legitimate platforms and therefore malware, surveillance, identity theft, and financial crime.
Google (developer of Chrome), Mozilla (Firefox), Microsoft (Edge and IE), and Apple (Safari) all run ‘root programs’ that validate CAs’ compliance around issuance practices. CAs that fall below the required standards can be removed.
By contrast, QWACs are issued by ‘Trust Service Providers’ (TSPs) that are approved, not by browsers, but by the governments of EU member states.
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