Cybersecurity Policy Report, EU Establishes Emergency Fund for Major Cyber Incidents, (Aug 26, 2025)
An emergency fund to help critical infrastructure entities manage significant cyber incidents was established today by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) with funding of 36 million euros ($42 million) provided by the European Commission (EC).
The EC signed an agreement with ENISA to manage the “cybersecurity reserve” authorized by the Cyber Solidarity Act, the commission said in a news release.
“The EU Cybersecurity Reserve will support the response to and recovery from significant and large-scale cyber incidents. It will consist of incident response services from trusted service providers that can be deployed to help address such cybersecurity incidents,” the commission said.
Entities eligible to tap the funding include those designated as critical infrastructure, including some government institutions, ENISA said in a news release. ENISA already has a list of “trusted managed security service providers” that can be called upon to respond to incidents, it said.
“Being entrusted with such prominent project puts ENISA in the limelight as a dependable partner to the European cybersecurity community and it allows ENISA to break new ground towards an even more cyber secure digital single market,” ENISA Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar said.
The Cyber Solidarity Act was enacted in 2024 to strengthen the EU’s cyber defenses and develop an EU-wide incident response capability (CPR, Dec. 2, 2024).
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