A proposed EU cybersecurity regulation would isolate Europe from the global cybersecurity industry with unpredictable consequences. It is a voluntary scheme, designed by Europe’s cybersecurity agency, ENISA, that European companies would use to demonstrate the robustness of their privacy and security measures.
The fact that the Internet is decentralized and uses building blocks works to the advantage of being able to address issues locally and as they happen without compromising the entire network. When a security issue emerges, engineers from around the world coalesce to address it, which is exactly what they did after the Snowden revelations on mass surveillance. The IETF community responded swiftly through a series of formal and informal meetings, workshops, mailing lists and best practice documents, all of which led to the adoption of enhanced security standards, including an updated version of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, which is the primary means of protecting network communications over the Internet. This was achieved by the collective effort of engineers, businesses and governments around the world. It could not happen otherwise.
VIA Cyberscoop