EU en VS bespreken cyberveiligheid (en)
The development of joint undertakings designed to fight cybercrime and boost cybersecurity was the subject of an EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting in Washington on 21st November.
The gathering was hosted by US Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. The European Union was represented - on behalf of the Polish Presidency - by Piotr Stachanczyk, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, and Igor Dzialuk, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice. Attending for the European Commission were Commission Vice-President and Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding i and Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem. Danish Justice Minister Morten Bodskov also took part.
The discussion focused on the development of joint efforts to fight cybercrime and strengthen cybersecurity. The participants welcomed the conclusion of negotiations on a new accord concerning passenger name records (PNR) and the decision to continue talks on a comprehensive agreement on the personal data protection and information sharing. It was agreed that the EU and US would upgrade their cooperation in 2012 in countering radicalisation and fighting terrorism as well as foreigner-integration policy.