"Yesterday (Jan. 20), the Commission unveiled its revised Cybersecurity Act proposal after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations that reportedly caused substantial friction between officials and member states. This sweeping update introduces measures to identify and potentially exclude "high-risk" third countries and companies from Europe's critical digital infrastructure across 18 essential sectors, including energy systems. As cybersecurity threats continue rising since the original Act took effect seven years ago, the EU is essentially drawing new battle lines in the global tech landscape."
"The proposal's focus on "non-technical" risks-particularly concerns about suppliers being "subject to influence by a third country"-signals a fundamental shift toward viewing cybersecurity through a geopolitical lens. The China question everyone's avoiding While the proposal carefully avoids naming specific countries, the elephant in the room is impossible to ignore. Chinese companies have become dominant suppliers of solar inverters to the EU market over the past several months, raising considerable cybersecurity concerns in Brussels and across the industry."
The European Commission unveiled a revised Cybersecurity Act proposal that targets 'high-risk' suppliers and promises faster certification processes. The proposal includes measures to identify and potentially exclude 'high-risk' third countries and companies from critical digital infrastructure across 18 essential sectors, including energy. The new approach emphasizes 'non-technical' risks, especially supplier susceptibility to influence by third countries, reframing cybersecurity as a geopolitical concern. Chinese firms' growing dominance in solar inverters and cloud-connected digital inverters raises specific security worries due to potential entry points into Europe's energy grid. The proposal follows seven years of rising cybersecurity threats since the original Act took effect.
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