European Union Agency for Cybersecurity

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

Agency overview
Formed	13 March 2004 (2004-03-13)
Jurisdiction	European Union
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Employees	109
Agency executives	Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director Jean Baptiste Demaison, Chairperson of the Management Board
Key document	EU Regulation No 2019/881
Website	enisa.europa.eu

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity^[1] – self-designation ENISA from the abbreviation of its original name – is an agency of the European Union. It is fully operational since September 1, 2005. The Agency is located in Athens, Greece and has offices in Brussels, Belgium and Heraklion, Greece.            

ENISA was created in 2004 by EU Regulation No 460/2004^[2] under the name of European Network and Information Security Agency. ENISA's Regulation is the EU Regulation No 2019/881^[3] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing EU Regulation No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act).

ENISA, is the Union’s agency dedicated to achieving a high common level of cybersecurity across Europe. Established in 2004 and strengthened by the EU Cybersecurity Act, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity contributes to EU cyber policy, enhances the trustworthiness of ICT products, services and processes with cybersecurity certification schemes, cooperates with Member States and EU bodies, and helps Europe prepare for the cyber challenges of tomorrow. Through knowledge sharing, capacity building and awareness raising, the Agency works together with its key stakeholders to strengthen trust in the connected economy, to boost resilience of the Union’s infrastructure, and, ultimately, to keep Europe’s society and citizens digitally secure.