Europe told to 'rethink security'
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A study commissioned by the EU calls for a major rethink of security within its borders and beyond.
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(InfoWorld) - The creation of aÂ pan-European systemÂ to notify small and medium-size businesses of IT security threats came a step closer Tuesday, as security experts from industry and academia refined plans for the European Information Sharing and Alert System (EISAS) at a conference in Berlin. The conference attendees, from 27 European Union countries, are considering how best to distribute information about new threats across the European Union, said Ulf Bergstrom, press officer for the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), the E.U.'s computer security agency. An interim feasibility study published on Tuesday outlines several proposals for the system. One proposal calls for a multilingual portal that collects and publishes security information from member countries. Another idea under consideration would have individual countries collecting security information and publishing it in their own language on Web sites, then feeding that information to other countries. Further specifics on exactly how those scenarios would work are under discussion, Bergstrom said. Bergstrom said the focus is on keeping the information accessible as possible for end users and also in their own native language. Funding issues, including cost of translation, are also being discussed, he said. The delegates' input will be included in a final feasibility study, due for release later this month, Bergstrom said. That study will be forwarded to the European Commission, which will give its opinion before passing the report around September or October to the European Parliament and European Council for consideration, Bergstrom said.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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WIESBADEN, Germany -- European investigators need to have sharper tools and share intelligence better to be able to apprehend suspected terrorists faster, French and German officials said yesterday.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union states should clamp down on radical imams and Internet "hate speech" and train police and teachers on the dangers of Islamist militancy, according to a confidential plan seen by Reuters.
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PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) - Several European governments are arming their  police forces with a new range of "non-lethal weapons" to  put down protests against globalisation, and among immigrants.
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MUNICH, Germany  - German Chancellor Gerhard  Schroeder called for a shake-up of key transatlantic bodies  such as NATO on Saturday, saying the dialogue between Europe  and the United States needed refreshing.
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'Basic rights need to be guaranteed' in the third pillar The EU's data protection watchdog has warned that European officials are in danger of eroding basic data protection principles and has called on them to reconsider their actions.â¦
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Europe and the United States should  boost information exchanges on terrorists, the EU's top justice  official said on Friday ahead of President Bush's visit to  Europe next month.
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European Union member states are keeping an eye on al-Qaeda and others potentially violent groups.
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Why European counter-terror officials share U.S. concerns of an imminent threat
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Part of imminent 'ambitious counter terrorism package' European Union Justice, Freedom (sic) &amp; Security Commissioner Franco Frattini yesterday turned up the volume on terror threats, ahead of the EU's adoption of "an ambitious counter terrorism package" next month. Terrorists, said Frattini, seek new technology, could deploy bioterrorism with devastating effect, and if they got hold of weapons of mass destruction "the consequences would be catastrophic."â¦
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One of the biggest threats to US security may now come from within Europe, the US Homeland Security head says.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that Washington fears Europe may be a staging ground for terrorist attacks on the United States.
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European security experts working on plans for a system to notify small and midsize businesses of IT security threats.
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The European Union's new security coordinator suggested Friday that the bloc needs a special anti-terrorism unit to share intelligence and an EU border guard force to tackle illegal immigration.
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Throughout the European Union, governments are grappling with how to guard against terrorist attacks. Meanwhile, Indian IT services companies have beefed up efforts to protect data.
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The European Commission on Friday suggested ways of revamping the EUâs Stability and Growth Pact and said change was vital to restoring the credibility of its much-flouted budget discipline rules.