• TM11
Reinforcing resilience and continuity plans.
4.1.3. In addition, a set of targeted supporting actions have the potential to enable and
assist the strategic and technical measures and thereby enhance their effectiveness:
• SA01
Reviewing or developing guidelines and best practices on network security;
• SA02
Reinforcing testing and auditing capabilities at national and EU level;
• SA03
Supporting and shaping 5G standardisation;
• SA04
Developing guidance on the implementation of security measures in existing 5G
standards;
• SA05
Ensuring the application of standard technical and organisational security measures
through specific EU-wide certification scheme;
• SA06
Exchanging best practices on the implementation of strategic measures, in particular
national frameworks for assessing the risk profile of suppliers;
• SA07
Improving coordination in incident response and crisis management;
• SA08
Conducting audits of interdependencies between 5G networks and other critical
services;
• SA09
Enhancing cooperation, coordination and information sharing mechanisms;
• SA10
Ensuring 5G deployment projects supported with public funding take into account
cybersecurity risks
4.2. Risk mitigation plans
For each of the nine risk areas identified in the EU coordinated risk assessment report, the toolbox
identifies and provides risk mitigation plans 30. They consist of possible combinations of strategic
and/or technical measures (together with the appropriate supporting actions) intended to mitigate a
security risk.
The risk mitigation plans aim at providing guidance as to the most relevant/high impact mitigation
measures based on an evaluation of the expected effectiveness of individual measures listed in
section 4.1. to mitigate a particular risk. However, it should be noted that the expected effectiveness
of most measures will depend highly on their scope and on the way they are implemented (for
instance, strengthened regulatory powers have the potential to be highly effective, provided they
have the appropriate scope and are used effectively).
In addition, risk mitigation plans reflect the importance of combining measures in an appropriate
manner in order to ensure their full effectiveness and enforceability. Moreover, many of the
measures, such as the application of enhanced security obligations on MNOs, require as a
necessary pre-condition that regulatory authorities have the adequate powers to define and impose
such obligations, as well as to monitor and audit their implementation.
These mitigation plans are presented in detail in annex 1 (table 2). An indicative high-level
identification of other potential impact factors is also provided.
The estimated degree of expected effectiveness takes into account the original risk and the
expected residual risk after applying the measure, and using the following scale:
•
30
Very High: The measure is considered effective to a very high degree, meaning that it is
expected to almost completely mitigate the related risks.
In this context, a risk mitigation plan describes a possible approach that could be taken to mitigate a risk.
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