Cybersecurity
EU Strikes Cybersecurity Deal to Make Companies Boost Defenses
- Internet firms like Google would have to report attacks
- `First ever' EU-wide cybersecurity rules close to becoming law
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The European Union moved to step up cybersecurity across its 28 nations by agreeing to new rules obliging businesses to strengthen defenses and forcing companies such as Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to report attacks.
The law, which still needs to be formally approved, would mandate all EU countries to share more intelligence and would require search engines, online cloud services and Internet retail sites, to ensure infrastructure is secure, the European Parliament said in a statement.