Features of Involving the Private Sector in Implementing Measures in the Field of Cybersecurity and Containing Destructive Activities in Cyberspace: Best Practices of European Experience

Trends, threats and challenges in the field of cybersecurity in the EU are identified. The content and directions of public-private partnership in the field of cybersecurity are disclosed. The principles of the state European policy in the field of digital security are detailed. Some aspects of the NIS 2 Directive, dedicated to the development of public-private partnership in the field of cybersecurity, are highlighted. The forms and models of implementing public-private partnership through the prism of pan-European legislation are disclosed. The pan-European principles of developing public-private partnership in the field of cybersecurity are analyzed. The shortcomings and challenges that negatively affect the state of public-private partnership in the field of cybersecurity in the European Union are outlined. The main principles of creating a system of public-private partnership in the field of cybersecurity in the EU are determined. The gaps in the implementation of the NIS 2 Directive into national legislation by most EU countries are detailed, which provokes a weakening of the positions of public-private partnerships in the field of cybersecurity, the need to change this approach. Further directions of improving the current legislation in terms of strengthening cooperation between the state and private companies and civil society as an important component of public-private partnerships, taking into account the best practices of European experience, are identified.