The EU has adopted a plan on cyber security

– Poland is in the digital war with Russia, which wants to decide about the situation in our country – said on Friday the head of the Digitization Ministry Krzysztof Gawkowski, who presided over the meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg. The result of the meeting is the adoption of the EU plan on cyber security, which provides for activities in the event of crises in digital space.

The document adopted on Friday is the guidelines for the Member States, how to increase readiness, the ability to detect and respond to cybersecurity incidents. It indicates, for example, in which circumstances the crisis mechanism is implemented in the event of serious incidents, such as war or a terrorist attack.

Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski presided over the meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg. During the press conference, he noted that Poland is particularly vulnerable to cyberrataki as a enforcement country. – Poland is in the digital war with Russiawho wants to decide about the situation in our country – said the minister.

Scientific and academic computer network (NASK) reports that in 2024 there were over 600,000 cyber attacks, of which over 100,000 These are confirmed incidentsi.e. on average over 300 a day.

“A war that knows no bounds”

According to Gawkowski, the development of information technology means that the war stopped only with conventional methods, so There is also a threat to other member countries, not losing Ukraine. – War in cyberspace is a war that knows no bounds. (…) The digital tank can stand with any, with every capital in the European Union – said the minister.

The new document specifies which institutions – at technical, operational and political level – will react to large -scale cyber attacks. The plan also recommends closer cooperation between the bodies responsible for cybersecurity and military entities, including NATOwhich is to be used to establish special “contact points” in the event of cybercrysis.

As part of strengthening resistance to cyber threats, in June 2026, exercises will start in the EU simulating crisis situations in digital space. They are to take part in them, among others private and NATO sector.