From various sources I got last week the following announcement. It just occurred to me that this might be of interest to some people on this list, therefore I decided to forward one of these announcements here. jaap ________ From: "Relations to Industry & Academia" <industry@enisa.europa.eu> Subject: [ENISA] Public Consultation on a "Strengthened Network and Information Security in Europe" Dear NIS Stakeholder, I would like to inform you that the European Commission has opened a public consultation with the title "Towards a Strengthened Network and Information Security in Europe". The consultation will run through until 9 January 2009. It is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=InfsoNis Further information on the public consultation is published at: -DG INFSO newsroom: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_... -Your voice in Europe: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/consultations/index_en.htm It is stated on the webpage: "In order to facilitate this debate, the Commission's services are organising an online consultation to gather contributions from *as many stakeholders as possible* on the possible objectives for a strengthened network and information security policy at EU level and on the means to achieve those objectives." We urge you make an effort to contribute to this very important public dialogue! kind regards, Dr. Panagiotis TRIMINTZIOS ENISA - European Network and Information Security Agency www.enisa.europa.eu/eq/