4.8. ENISA

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) contributes to research and development of EU standards for risk management and for the security of electronic products, systems, networks and services, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 526/2013.   Reference to the Regulation (EU) 2019/881 (Cybersecurity Act).   ENISA also prepares candidate certification schemes with reference to the European cybersecurity certification framework for the ICT products, services, and processes. In addition, ENISA collaborates with ETSI, CEN, CENELEC to produce publications in standardisation and certification. 

ENISA has been involved in the development of both formal and de facto standards used in cybersecurity incident management and protection of critical infrastructure which can be adopted for use in  African countries.