Electronic communications: network and information security, role of the public sector

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report drafted by Ornella PACIOTTI (PES, It) on network security. (Please refer to the document dated 12/09/02.) Parliament asked the Commission to ensure that the task force takes account of the statements already made in the Cybercrime Forum and involves the Forum in its future work. The Commission should give priority to examining the security needs of, and to carrying out eInfrastructure early warning research for networks used for providing: -critical infrastructure, essentail public services and public health services, -early warning systems and their interoperability, -services to foster the development of e-government and e-business. The first legislative action should be based on the Community's competences in relation to the trans-European networks and the internal market. Finally, the Commission is asked to submit an assessment of the financial impact of Union action in this area, providing comparative data on similar initiatives taken by Member States or third countries such as the USA.�