Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2012/2096(INI)
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REPORT on Cyber Security and Defence PDF (178 KB) DOC (107 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cyber challenges and threats are growing at a dramatic pace and constitute a major threat to the security, stability and competitiveness of the nation squickening in pace but generally remain primitive; whereas it has been reported that the United States has well as of the private sector; whereas such threats should not therefore be considered future issues; whereas cyber challenges and threats are increasingly of a politically motivated natualready carried out cyber attacks on third countries, and other EU countries, including Germany, are; whereas the vast majority of cyber incidents remain primorking to develop such capabilitives;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas cyber defence is one of the top priorities of the EDA, which has set up, under the Capabilities Development Plan, a project team on cyber security with the majority of Member Stata task for civil actors and organisations and must not be a task for the armed forces work ing to collect experiences and propose recommendationstitutions close to the armed forces;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas investments in cyber security and defence research and development are crucial for advancing and for maintaining a high level of cyber security and defence; whereas defence expenditure on research and development has decreased instead of reaching agreed 2% of overall defence expendituremust be in a reasonable relation to the expected risk;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that cyber threats are a rapidly growing menace both in the EU and globally, and that there is increasing concern about the potential for organised criminal, terrorist or politically motivated attacks against the critical information systems and infrastructures of the Member Sfrom both non- state and state actors, including from western states, and the EU institutionsre increasing;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to investigate the possibility of evoking the solidarity clause, pursuant to the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (Title VII, Article 222), in the event of a serious cyber attack against a Member Stategive consideration in its planning exclusively to non-military measures;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the recent initiatives and projects relatStresses that safeguarding to cyber defence, especially on gathering and mapping relevant cyber security and defence data, challenges and needsecurity must be a task for civil organisations, actors and institutions;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Observes with concern that only one Member State achieved the level of 2 % expenditure on defence research and development by 2010, and that five Member States spent nothing on R&D in 2010; urges the EDA, together with Member States, to pool resources and to effectively invest in collaborative research and development, with particular regard to cyber security and defenceUrges the Commission to examine what resources are necessary to safeguard cyber security on the basis of a realistic assessment of the actual threats;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. EncouraUrges Member States to create designated cyber security and cyber defence units within their military structure, in the light of western cyber attacks that have already taken place and announcements regarding the setting-up of offensive cyber units, to stand back from any militarisation of the Internet;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Member States to make research and development one of the core pillars of cyber security and defence; calls on the Member States to live up their commitment to increase defence expenditure on research and development to at least 2 %, with particular regard to cyber security and defencebase their spending on safeguarding cyber security on a clear assessment of the actual risks;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Proposes to set up a joint working group with BRICS countries in order to tackle cyber security matters, and especially to explore possibilities for a possible common response to growing cybercrime and cyber attacks; calls on the Member States to work towards the conclusion of an international treaty on use of the Internet strictly for civil purposes;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38