Article 3, Establishment of the European Cyber Shield
1. An interconnected pan-European infrastructure of Security Operations Centres (‘European Cyber Shield’) shall be established to develop advanced capabilities for the Union to detect, analyse and process data on cyber threats and incidents in the Union. It shall consist of all National Security Operations Centres (‘National SOCs’) and Cross-border Security Operations Centres (‘Cross-border SOCs’).
Actions implementing the European Cyber Shield shall be supported by funding from the Digital Europe Programme and implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/694 and in particular Specific Objective 3 thereof.
2. The European Cyber Shield shall:
(a) pool and share data on cyber threats and incidents from various sources through cross-border SOCs;
(b) produce high-quality, actionable information and cyber threat intelligence, through the use of state-of-the art tools, notably Artificial Intelligence and data analytics technologies;
(c) contribute to better protection and response to cyber threats;
(d) contribute to faster detection of cyber threats and situational awareness across the Union;
(e) provide services and activities for the cybersecurity community in the Union, including contributing to the development advanced artificial intelligence and data analytics tools.
It shall be developed in cooperation with the pan-European High Performance Computing infrastructure established pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/1173.
Note: This is the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents of 18.4.2023 (proposal for the EU Cyber Solidarity Act). This is NOT the final text of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act.