Cybersecurity of 5G networks: Commission requests the EU cybersecurity agency to develop a certification scheme

Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said: “Security is at the core of 5G technology roll-out. EU-wide certification, in combination with other types of measures in the EU 5G Toolbox, supports our efforts to optimise 5G security and patch technical vulnerabilities. This is why it is important that member states make further progress in implementing the Toolbox.”

EU Agency for Cybersecurity Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar said: “The certification of 5G networks emerges as the logical next step in the EU cybersecurity strategy for the Digital Decade. The new initiative builds on the actions already engaged in to mitigate the cybersecurity risks of the 5G technology.”

The request for the development of the scheme is in accordance with the Cybersecurity Act, which establishes the European cybersecurity certification framework, and it was also announced in the new EU Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade. The Commission will soon adopt its first Union Rolling Programme for cybersecurity certification. More information is available in this ENISA press release. Information about the EU actions to strengthen cybersecurity capacities is available here and about the Cybersecurity certification framework here.