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23/04-13   -   Pressemeddelelse

Cyber security firms join forces in Europe

A group of leading-edge European cyber security firms have formed a consortium to address the growing threats to Europe's cyber security. Danish CSIS Security Group is now part of the largest independent cyber defence force named European Cyber Security Group (ECSG), and can provide more than 600 experts to effectively combat cyber crime when private and public organizations are faced with cyber security incidents.

ECSG is a private consortium formed in response to the growing need for increased collaboration across borders to address the growing threats to Europe's cyber security. The founding members of the ECSG include Danish CSIS, Dutch Fox-IT, French Lexsi, and Spanish S21sec.

"The diverse threats organizations are forced to face today range from data leaks to DDoS attacks, and in CSIS we are proud to be part of this brand new collaboration and offer our expertise to companies across all of Europe in the fight against cyber crime" says Allan Mortensen, CEO of CSIS Security Group.

While every country in Europe has an agency dedicated to the mission of securing its electronic borders, cooperation between countries is rare, making efforts to protect citizens and prosecute perpetrators increasingly difficult. ECSG seeks to address this through a combination of partnership and advocacy, using the combined strength of its more than 600 cyber security experts to respond in a rapid and efficient manner. By tackling Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) engagements as partners, they each bring their firms' uniqueness to bear to deliver faster and more complete services in agile ways that a single, large organization simply cannot.

In addition, ECSG can utilize its front-line experience to advise governments, corporations and regulators on more effective and practical cyber defence policy issues, risk prevention and mitigation practices, and cross-border information sharing, thus reducing the effects of cybercrime across Europe.

Key Facts

· Through their partnership, ECSG is now effectively the largest European provider of CERT services. By tackling CERT engagements collaboratively, ECSG offers the most comprehensive and rapid services for corporate and government clients. Members work independently, and can draw from additional and specialized resources from their ECSG partners where and when needed. Relying on this added "bench strength" ensures successful CERT engagements of any scale.

· Acting within the law, ECSG partners will confidentially exchange up-to-the-minute threat intelligence and information trends, bypassing the red tape that would normally occur due to jurisdictional issues across borders. Such information would also be shared with government agencies in order to further the efforts of local law enforcement to combat cyber crime.

· The ECSG will additionally collaborate with the governments of individual countries, as well as the European Union, to advise on best practices and assist on cyber security engagements where necessary to ensure speedy mitigation of security issues.

· Finally, ECSG will also lobby local and EU lawmakers to enact legislation to ease the cross-border information sharing and cooperation that will ultimately lead to a more secure Europe.

· Membership to the ECSG is open, but subject to a full application review. For more information, visit http://www.cybersecuritygroup.eu

Relevant information

http://www.cybersecuritygroup.eu


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