Cybersecurity
Europe Overly Dependent on Outside Technology, EU Memo Warns
- Urgent steps proposed to attain ‘technological sovereignty’
- Briefing book may reflect direction under von der Leyen
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The European Union’s executive branch has warned that Europe is placing its core values and strategic influence at risk due to an over reliance on computer hardware and software provided by other countries.
An internal policy document, produced by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, calls for urgent action and outlines a proposed “initiative for technological sovereignty” that it says could reverse the trend.