The cyber threat to critical infrastructure has grown dramatically over the last few years – to such an extent that western governments are finally accepting that they need to get more involved. In the EU, this has taken the form of a new Joint Cyber Unit (JCU), situated next to ENISA’s offices in Brussels.

ENISA is the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (formerly known as the European Network and Information Security Agency). The new unit will be implemented over the next two years, with the final process of involving private sector partners scheduled to be ‘by June 2023’; and ENISA will play a major part in its evolution.