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26/08/2026
Paolo Balboni’s View EUROPE’S CYBERSECURITY DILEMMA: SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RISK OF ESCALATION
Europe’s cybersecurity debate is rapidly moving beyond technical security. It is becoming a debate about geopolitical power, economic security, technological sovereignty and the rule of law. A politically sensitive question emerges: should the European Union be able to designate an entire third country as a cybersecurity concern? Although the proposed Cybersecurity Act does not expressly […]
28/08/2026
Paolo Balboni’s View on WHO GETS ACCESS TO POWERFUL AI? EUROPE’S NEXT CYBERSECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY DEBATE
A new cybersecurity question is emerging in Europe: who should be allowed to use the most powerful AI models, under what conditions, and with what safeguards? The European Commission’s AI Office is now gathering information from AI providers to prepare a blueprint on “structured access” to advanced AI for legitimate cybersecurity purposes. The initiative follows […]
21/08/2026
Paolo Balboni’s View on DATA FLOWS AND AI CYBERSECURITY: EUROPE’S NEXT DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY TEST
Two apparently separate developments are currently reshaping the digital relationship between Europe, the United States and China. The first concerns the legal foundations of EU-U.S. data transfers. The second concerns the increasingly powerful role of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. In reality, they are closely connected. Both raise the same strategic question: how dependent should Europe […]
18/08/2026
Paolo Balboni’s View on THE DELICATE BALANCE: REGULATING AI RISKS WHILE PRESERVING ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Brussels has just entered a new phase in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race. For the first time, a major regulatory authority has moved beyond writing rules for artificial intelligence and into the much harder business of enforcing them against the companies developing the world’s most powerful AI models. At the center of this effort […]
06/04/2026
Government of St. Maarten Press Release: “Digital Leadership Team Advances Stakeholder Engagement on Cyber-security, Personal Data Protection and Open Data Legislative Framework Under the Digital Government Transformation Project”
I’m happy to share the press release published by the Government of Sint Maarten regarding the work we have been doing on the island! PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Digital Leadership Team (DLT) continues to make significant progress under the Digital Government Transformation Project (DGTP) through sustained stakeholder engagements surrounding the development of Sint Maarten’s […]
25/03/2026
Celebrating ICTLC’s Legal 500 Ranking
I am proud to see ICTLC – ICT Legal Consulting recognised among the leading players in the legal market, with distinctions that reflect the strength of our practice areas and the trust our clients place in us. This year, ICT Legal Consulting has been ranked as a Top Tier Firm in Data Privacy & Data […]
24/03/2026
Data governance in the connected bike industry
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Katie Sawyer of Bike Europe on the growing importance of data governance in the connected bike industry. As the bicycle industry becomes increasingly digital, technology is playing a central role across products, services, and maintenance. At the same time, compliance is becoming more complex, especially in […]
20/03/2026
Proud to share our 2026 Chambers and Partners Europe results!
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Chambers and Partners
I am proud to share that ICT Legal Consulting has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2026 in the following practice areas: 👉 𝗧𝗠𝗧: 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 👉 𝗧𝗠𝗧: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 First, I 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 for their continued trust. This recognition means even more because it reflects the feedback of […]
19/03/2026
Joint Opinion 4/2026 on the European Commission’s proposal for a Cybersecurity Act 2 and the proposal on amendments to the Network and Information Security 21919 Directive.
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Cybersecurity
Yesterday, 18 March 2026, the European Data Protection Board and the EDPS – European Data Protection Supervisor adopted Joint Opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for a Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) and the proposal on amendments to the Network and Information Security 2 (NIS2) Directive, accessible here.