ENISA International Strategy 2026 aligns global partnerships with EU cyber policy, higher cybersecurity standards
Publish Date: 2026-02-10 05:22:00
Source Domain: industrialcyber.co
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) released a revised International Strategy, renewing its approach to engagement with international partners. The ENISA International Strategy 2026 sets out how the agency works with international partners to strengthen cybersecurity across the European Union. The update reinforces alignment with the EU’s international cybersecurity policies, promotes EU values, and supports the objective of achieving a higher common level of cybersecurity across Europe.
The strategy defines ENISA’s approach to engaging with international partners, including non-EU countries and international organisations, with the primary aim of raising cybersecurity levels within the European Union. ENISA undertakes international engagement where such cooperation supports this mission. The ENISA International Strategy 2026 also specifies the agency’s focus areas and priorities for international engagement, based on guidance from its management board and informed by ENISA’s experience in international cooperation over recent years.
This update of the International Strategy fine-tunes the previous approach and aligns it with ENISA’s current overall Strategy as well as its Stakeholder Strategy. Together, these two strategies serve as key guiding documents for the Agency, providing direction and coherence to ENISA’s efforts in fulfilling its mandate. The International Strategy should be seen as a complementary addition to the Stakeholder Strategy, as it addresses ENISA’s international partners.
“International cooperation is essential in cybersecurity. It complements and strengthens the core tasks of ENISA, to achieve a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union,” Juhan Lepassaar, ENISA executive director, stated in a media statement. “Together with our Management Board, ENISA determines how we engage at international level to achieve our mission and mandate. ENISA stands fully prepared to cooperate on…
