The EU as a whole and its individual Member States are facing new, varied and complex security threats which are more international and increasingly cross-border in nature. Several legal, and practical tools have been put in place to fight terrorism and cross-border crime. In particular, information exchanges and operational cooperation between law enforcement authorities have been strengthened.
Letter on the prior checking notifications concerning the management of Facility Security Clearances (FSC) and Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) at the European Defence Agency (Cases 2013-0763 and 2013-0764)
Opinion of 19 June 2013 on a notification for Prior Checking received from the Data Protection Officer of the Commission on the Security Trustworthiness Check at the Joint Research Centre Ispra (Case 2012-1090)
Opinion on the Joint Communication of the Commission and of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on a 'Cyber Security Strategy of the European Union: an Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace', and on the Commission proposal for a Directive concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union
Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Cybersecurity Strategy of the European Union: An Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace
Opinion on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council entitled 'Strengthening law enforcement cooperation in the EU: the European Information Exchange Model (EIXM)