The United States President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity has delivered a report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy. The Presidential Commission was formed in April, 2016 to develop a plan for protecting cyberspace, and America’s economic reliance on it. The published report, which was completed on 1st December, 2016, provides a set of…
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European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) published its first National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS) Good Practice Guide in 2012. Since then, EU Member States and EFTA countries have made great progress in developing and implementing their strategies. This guide is updating the different steps, objectives and good practices of the original guide…
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Policymakers around the world have been asking for years how to create “the next Silicon Valley.” This is understandable: in the digital economy, they see leadership in information and communications technologies (ICT) as the key to boosting competitiveness, spurring growth, and creating jobs. But while policymakers’ general instinct is right, their specific question is based…
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A new research results pack has been published to close off the cybersecurity month. It showcases some of the most promising EU-funded projects already engaged in developing novel solutions to combat an ever-increasing number of cybersecurity threats to Europe’s critical infrastructures. The CORDIS Results Pack covers the most recent and prominent results from these…
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Europe faces some daunting challenges – an aging population, sluggish growth, an influx of migrants and refugees – yet in the age of data-driven innovation, it also has powerful new tools to help address them, writes Nick Wallace. Nick Wallace is a Brussels-based senior policy analyst for the Centre for Data Innovation, a think tank…
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On both sides of the Atlantic, we are in regular dialogues. These are important, but what we also need is more collaboration and joint efforts. Collaboration brings scale, standards, and progress. Authors: Roberto Viola (DG Connect, European Commission) / Justin Antonipillai (Department of Commerce, U.S.G.) In that spirit, together, we are proud to announce a…
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Europe faces some daunting challenges – an aging population, sluggish growth, an influx of migrants and refugees – yet in the age of data-driven innovation, it also has powerful new tools to help address them, writes Nick Wallace. Nick Wallace is a Brussels-based senior policy analyst for the Centre for Data Innovation, a think tank…
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Commissioner Carlos Moedas and H.E. Mr Anthony L. Gardner, Head of the Mission of the United States to the EU European and American researchers will be able to work together more closely on projects funded under Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and innovation programme. This is thanks to an agreement concluded on the 17…
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In the endeavour of expanding the cooperation with innovation ecosystems at global scale, the FIWARE community has recently engaged with distinguished allies in Canada, continuing the engagement with North American stakeholders. On September 15, 2016, FIWARE Mundus was invited to the final event of the ERA-CAN+ project, a platform that has been working for the last 10 years to…
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