52.3 million dedicated to cybersecurity
(Belga) As part of Belgium’s recovery plan, 52.3 million are dedicated to cybersecurity and 61 million to strengthening Belgium’s cybernetic capacities, explained the Secretary of State for Recovery Thomas Dermine, during the fourteenth edition of the “European Space Conference” organized on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. “These investments will guarantee Belgium’s ability to protect its infrastructure against cyberattacks and, if necessary, to carry out a counter-attack”, he added. According to him, “Belgium devotes substantial resources to cybersecurity. Most critical infrastructure in Europe (communications, air transport, maritime trade, financial services, weather monitoring and defence) is highly dependent on space. for their day-to-day operation. Cybercrime poses serious risks.”
The Secretary of State also recalled that the ESA (European Space Agency) recently reinvested in its Redu site (province of Luxembourg) to make the European Space Security and Education Center (ESEC) a European cybersecurity hub. . “Significant developments are still months expected in the coming months to really reduce the nerve center of ESA’s Cyber-Defense activities”, announces Mr. Dermine in a press release. (Belgian)