THE European Commission announced today that, together with the member states and the support of ENISA, the agency cyber security of the EU, issued a new handbook regarding the security of the integrity of elections in the EU from cyberspace.

According to the Commission, since the last European elections in 2019, electoral processes have made technological progress, but at the same time the cyber threat landscape has worsened, notably with the acceleration of hacktivists and the increase in sophistication of threat actors.

One of basic elements of the new cybersecurity handbook is to review the possible threats arising from emerging technologies that could affect the resilience of elections, in particular foreign interventions and information manipulation (FIMI), misinformation in social media, artificial intelligence and “deep fakes».

The new handbook on election security from cyberspace, presents recommendations to Member States, actions to take and useful tips for managing potential cyber incidents during electoral processes.

The proposed ones meters they include best practices for information sharing, awareness and education, risk management, cybersecurity support for campaigns, parties and candidates, and electronic voting technology.

Finally, the cybersecurity issues underlying each stage of the election cycle are presented.