Building Europe’s Digital Resilience

Across Europe, the principles of Security, Trust & Compliance are shaping the digital landscape. Across policy, infrastructure and everyday practice, experts from business, research and government demonstrate how collaboration, intelligent defence and ethical innovation are driving a more secure and resilient Internet.

Building digital sovereignty

Caroline Krohn from Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) sets the tone, showing how the "Email Security Year 2025" initiative strengthens Germany's digital sovereignty through collaboration rather than regulation. Speaking at eco's Internet Security Days (ISD) 2025, she outlined how close cooperation is helping to turn secure communication into a national standard. This demonstrates that progress in cybersecurity can be achieved through partnership and empowerment rather than additional bureaucracy.

Quantum readiness: Preparing for the next frontier

At the same event, Harald A. Summa, former CEO and Honorary President of eco, looked ahead to the next technological frontier: quantum computing. He warned that the quantum era is arriving faster than many expect and called for urgent investment in quantum-safe encryption, education, and ethical governance - ensuring that innovation strengthens rather than undermines digital trust and sovereignty. Complementing this perspective, Daniel Strauß from InterNexum revealed how the rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping the digital threat landscape. He exposed a hidden yet critical vulnerability - that 98% of domains remain unsafely configured - and emphasized that domain security has become fundamental to digital trust. Together, their insights reflect a shared truth from ISD: that security, trust, and business resilience are deeply interconnected.

AI and the transforming threat landscape

As Europe deepens its digital transformation, the same balance between innovation, compliance and sovereignty is reshaping financial services. In their article, Lauresha Toska, Ladan Raeisian and Nelia Zinatullina from eco Association highlight how the EU-funded FAME project is creating a federated, secure and regulation-ready infrastructure for Embedded Finance - proving that European values of trust and data sovereignty can drive, not hinder, digital innovation.

Practical protection for a connected economy

Practical defences remain critical as digital threats intensify. Serve Bunnik from CITIC Telecom CPC presents Direct Internet Access (DIA) DDoS PROTECT, an affordable, automated solution that helps SMEs close the cybersecurity gap and maintain business continuity without costly infrastructure changes. Similarly, Lisa Fröhlich from Link11 highlights how DDoS attacks have shifted from background noise to AI-driven assaults on critical infrastructure - showing that resilience today demands not only awareness but proactive investment in intelligent protection.

Deliverability as a measure of digital trust

Finally, Julia Janssen-Holldiek and Sebastian Kluth from the Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) extend this conversation, revealing that email deliverability is no longer just a technical concern but a true measure of trust. Their work shows that adhering to standards such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC - and achieving CSA certification - is not merely about reaching the inbox but about demonstrating reliability, transparency, and compliance across digital communication.

Europe's digital future will be built on a simple truth: resilience grows from collaboration. Security, trust, and compliance must work hand in hand to sustain progress and protect what connects us all.

Readers can explore these topics further in dotmagazine's October issue.