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PRESS RELEASE
Major banks, telecoms companies and governments join forces in EU-wide cyberattack exercise
(4 October 2012) Hundreds of cyber security experts from across the EU are testing their readiness to combat cyber-attacks in a day-long simulation across Europe today. In Cyber Europe 2012, 400 experts from major financial institutions, telecoms companies, internet service providers and local and national governments across Europe are facing more than 1200 separate cyber incidents (including more than 30 000 emails) during a simulated distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign. The exercise is testing how they would respond and co-operate in the event of sustained attacks against the public websites and computer systems of major European banks. If real, such an attack would cause massive disruption for millions of citizens and businesses across Europe, and millions of euros of damage to the EU economy.
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Commissioner Barnier welcomes final adoption of the Orphan Works Directive by the Council
(4 October 2012) «Today’s adoption of the Orphan Works Directive is a significant achievement in our efforts to create a digital single market. It will enable easy online access for all citizens to our cultural heritage. The swift and successful outcome of the legislative process and the broad consensus reached both in the Council and the Parliament prove that by working together we can agree on measures to ensure that the EU copyright rules are fit for purpose in the digital age. Alongside other achievements such as the European Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the mass digitisation of out-of-commerce books, this Directive is one more step in making licensing and online access to cultural content easier.»
Orphan works – Frequently asked questions: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/743&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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‘Connecting Europe’ – business leaders and policy-makers strongly support the Commission’s 50 billion plan for strategic infrastructure investment in transport, energy and internet
(2 October 2012) At a high-level conference in Brussels, business leaders and policy-makers strongly supported the creation of a Connecting Europe Facility as proposed by the European Commission for the European Union’s new financing period 2014-2020. With up to 50 billion euros the Connecting Europe Facility could become a key instrument for targeted infrastructure investment at European level to ensure the smooth functioning of the Single Market and boost sustainable growth, jobs and competitiveness across the European Union.
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BROCHURE
Net-Tech Future Magazine
Net-Tech Future Magazine is all about technologies that put ultrafast Internet connectivity at your fingertips. It sheds light on how communications technologies are shaping the future networks landscape, from developments in ultrafast broadband Internet to clever mobile networks, from network infrastructure and architecture to green technologies. With each EU-funded project showcase, it gives a glimpse not only of the ‘what’ but a little of the ‘how’ and ‘why’, and even ‘what next’ so you can see how these developments can make a difference to you, your organisation and your community.
Contact: cnect-future-networks@ec.europa.eu
Network Technologies EU Research & Funding: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/future-networks/
SPEECH
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda : Certainty, consistency, competition: a framework for investment
ETNO FT 2012 Summit, Brussels, 2 October 2012
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Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda: Connecting Europe with fast broadband
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) conference, Brussels, 2 October 2012
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