ENISA conference in Cyprus to focus on EU cybersecurity certification
A new ENISA conference agenda shows EU cybersecurity certification remains a live policy and implementation issue.
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) is holding the 2026 European Cybersecurity Certification Conference in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, with support from the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission.
The agency says the conference will address the evolution of the EU cybersecurity certification, updates on certification schemes for the European Digital Identity Wallet and managed security services, exchange across the European cybersecurity ecosystem, and interplays with the Cyber Resilience Act, the Cyber Solidarity Act, and NIS 2.
The programme includes keynote contributions from Despoina Spanou, Deputy Director-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology at the European Commission, Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of ENISA, and Kyriakos Iordanou, General Manager at the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry of Cyprus.
It also includes a presentation by Steffen Zimmermann, Head of Industrial Security at VDMA, followed by an EU cybersecurity certification award ceremony involving Chloe Blondeau, Seconded National Expert at ENISA.
Sessions on ‘CSA2’, the European Digital Identity Wallet, conformity assessment bodies, national accreditation bodies, certification bottlenecks, and managed security services are also included in the agenda.
Speakers listed in the programme include Maika Fohrenbach, Head of Sector for product security and certification policy at DG CONNECT, Apostolos Malatras, Head of the Cybersecurity Certification Unit at ENISA, Xenia Kyriakidou, Head of the National Cybersecurity Certification Authority of Cyprus, Evgenia Nikolouzou, Cybersecurity Expert at ENISA, and Nikolaos Soumelidis, IT/Cyber Security Certifications Director at Q-CERT.
Franz Weprazjetzky of the European Commission, Vicente Gonzalez Pedros, Cybersecurity Expert at ENISA, and Philippe Blot, Deputy Head of Unit and Head of Sector in the Cybersecurity Certification Unit at ENISA, are also listed in the programme.
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