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Romania has participated in Cyber Europe 2024 exercise, which tested cyber resistance of energy sector

July 23, 2024

A new European cyber security exercise took place between June 19 and 20, and proposed, this time, a fictitious scenario in which a massive cyber attack was simulated that targeted entities in the energy sector throughout the Union European, the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) informed, in a press release, on Friday.The purpose of the Cyber Europe 2024 exercise was to test the national and European mechanisms for responding to such incidents, involving both private companies in this sector, as well as the relevant national authorities.Romania participated in this exercise, through DNSC, together with the Ministry of Energy and numerous experts from the energy sector companies: Engie Romania, Delgaz Grid, Depogaz, Conpet, Nuclearelectrica and Elcen. Thus, work was done on the management of the scenarios proposed by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), both at the technical level, at the crisis communication level, and at the decision-making level."The exercise was an opportunity to simulate the interaction at the national level in the format of the National Cyber Security Crisis Management Center, which includes several authorities with competence in the field of cyber security and crisis management at the national level. At the end of the two days of exercise, the simulated crisis was successfully solved by the more than 50 experts who participated as players from the Romanian side," DNSC notes.Since its establishment, DNSC (under the title CERT-RO before September 2021) has participated in all editions of the pan-European exercise organized by ENISA (in: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022), with the role of national coordinator and planner at European level.

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