Published: July 5th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

There was supposed to be a promising European solution, but now there is a threat of fragmentation in the certification of the cyber security of cloud services: after years of preparatory work at expert level, a decision on a European Cybersecurity Certification System (EUCS) is finally to be made in Brussels on Monday. The European Aerospace, Security and Defense Industry Association (ASD) is alarmed in advance. For example, the highest security level „High+“ was removed from the proposal for the future EUCS system at the last moment.