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2025/9 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: MCE Annual Conference “Piloting Disruptive Innovation in Cities and Regions” in Issy-Les-Moulineaux Oct 9 & 10. 2025 – Call …

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2025/8 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: Space ISAC looking for contacts / National NIS2 implementations not well mapped into Directive / Is Russia still a …

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2025/7 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: Collaboration growing to include EU Top Level Domain (TLD) ISAC / Types of self-developed software to keep under control …

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2025/6 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: Collaboration growing with Aviation, Space,  Retail & Hospitality and Financial Services ISACs / Ongoing input being gathered for ENISA …

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2025/5 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: Local language is important / External Email markings are powerful / Targeted improvements of sectors is difficult – we …

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2025/4 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: License contracts – READ THEM! / Whitelisting can solve problems quickly / e-identity is the “glue” for protection of …

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2025/3 Weekly Update from the EU ISAC for Cities & Regions: We are competing internally for resources / Connect with your National Cybersecurity Coordination Centres / Personal performance objectives are …

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2025/2 Weekly Update from the MCE SIG NEW: ISAC Baseline Project continues / Trustful relationships are key, but never defined as requirements / NIS2 compliance might be impossible – so …

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2025/1 Weekly Update from the MCE SIG NEW: Welcome to 2025 / “Red” Alert on returning to work? / Attack Simulations can be easy and powerful / Is “Gartner says…” …

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Dear all, Welcome to 2025 and what I think is the fourth year of existence for our community that now consists of 26 cities and 10 regions in 18 EU …

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