EU pressures Cyprus on green and cyber laws
Cyprus has received two reasoned opinions, the last stage before being referred to the Court of Justice of the EU, over the transposition of a directive on the application of ...
Cyprus allocates €8.5 million to strengthen cybersecurity
A budget of €8.5 million will be allocated to combat future cyberattacks, Deputy Minister of Research Nicodemos Damianou told the House audit committee on Thursday.
“For the first time, we have ...
Epic: No evidence of data breach amid online leak claims
Telecom company Epic on Friday said there was no evidence of a data breach on its systems so far, after a leak purporting to show 46 users and their passwords was ...
Authorities on high alert for “imminent” cyberattack
Authorities on Thursday said they remained on alert for a possible cyberattack on critical infrastructures after threats made on the dark web by a known group of hackers.
Unnamed sources ...
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Cyber outage wreaks havoc globally and in Cyprus
A global tech outage disrupted operations in multiple industries in Cyprus and abroad on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and everything from banking to healthcare hit by ...
National cybersecurity coordination centre begins operations
The national cybersecurity coordination centre (NCC-CY) is set to begin operations, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nicodemos Damianou has announced.
Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, Damianou ...
Internal Audit commissioner faces claims of conflict of interests
The auditor-general has called on the cabinet to investigate the commissioner of Internal Audit for possible dereliction of duty, in that she did not properly handle allegations of conflict of ...
Open University fined for negligent cyber security after being hacked
The Data Protection Commissioner said on Monday she has slapped a €45,000 fine on the Open University of Cyprus for negligent cyber security in relation to the hacking of its servers ...
New dialogue to be launched in ‘3+1’ context forum
The next meeting within the ‘3+1’ framework, that is Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States has been agreed, it was reported on Friday.
The news comes following the postponement of ...
New EU-wide cybersecurity legislation to increase critical infrastructure to 700
New EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity will increase critical infrastructures in Cyprus to 700 from the current 70, Communications Commissioner George Michaelides said on Friday.
Within 2024, new legislation will be ready to adopt ...
Cyber security gaps in government being addressed, minister says
There are still gaps in dealing with cyber-attacks, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias admitted on Tuesday.
However, his ministry has taken serious actions to strengthen ...
Cyprus will operate an around-the-clock cybersecurity suite says deputy minister
A cybersecurity plan set to operate 24 hours a day has been drawn up by the deputy ministry of research, innovation, and digital policy and the digital security authority, Deputy Minister ...
Russian hackers targeting Western critical infrastructure, UK says
The UK government’s cyber defence agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war on Ukraine.
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Government issues urgent cyber security to-do list
Cyprus’ cyber security response unit on Wednesday warned that cyberattacks and cybercrime were becoming more common, and the public needed to become more aware of how to protect their online ...
UK cyber-security exercise for Cypriot officials
The United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus have taken a further step to deepen security cooperation with the launch of a new cyber training programme, the British High Commission ...