THE ROLE OF EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR CYBERSECURITY (ENISA) IN EUROPEAN CYBER THREAT MITIGATION (2013-2017)

Abstract

A series of incidents of cyberattacks that attack European countries have made many parties disadvantaged, both the community, companies, and governments. These attacks are certainly a threat to stability in cyber security. These attacks are carried out by individuals or groups who are highly skilled in the field with various motives, one of which is to threaten a company or government. Several major attacks have occurred, such as Operation of Red October (2013), Ransomware Petya (2017), and Ransomaware WannaCry (2017), some of which were quite detrimental to residents in European countries. Therefore, the European Union decided to establish an information security agency that acts as an intelligence center to assist member states and EU institutions in cybersecurity interests, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). In this study, the author tries to answer the question of how ENISA as a center of information and assistance for member countries can carry out its duties in the interests of cyber security and also discuss more other parties who also contribute to assisting ENISA in carrying out their duties from the perspective of International Relations. To assist this research the author uses the theory of Neoliberal Institutionalism to assist in this research and answer previous questions. In addition, this study will discuss what steps or strategies have been taken in combating cybercrime in the 2013-2017 period. This study uses qualitative methods using primary and secondary sources