Cyber threats to strategic infrastructure and operations. There is no shortage of examples of large-scale manipulation or information warfare: the "Cambridge Analytica" scandal surrounding the American election is just one revealing example of this phenomenon from which France is obviously not immune.
Information operations (information ops (1) ) against democratic and European values .Įurope is open and transparent because freedom of expression is protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This provides an advantage to those who use Big Data technologies (2) and social networks to destabilize our institutions through the weapon of subversion and disinformation. The threats to European sovereignty are fourfold: 1. European digital sovereignty, control of sensitive data and cybersecurity are first and foremost a question of political will. While examples show that the national political will is not yet there, concrete European projects that bring hope are just waiting to be encouraged.Įuropean digital sovereignty can only be achieved through a strong political will, which is the only possible response to the exponentially growing and multifaceted cyber threats. Destabilization of democracies, cyber-attacks on our societies, exploitation of sensitive personal data and, at the extreme end of the spectrum, war in cyberspace the digital environment is in the midst of a revolution.Īt the same time, the digital transformation of organisations is accelerating in a context of physical distancing that has been amplified by the Covid health crisis.
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