U.S. businesses call for regulatory harmonization as EU cyber rule deadline looms

Industry participants in last week’s U.S.-European Union Cyber Dialogue urged government officials about the need to harmonize cyber regulations across EU member states, as the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation and Network and Information Systems Directive goes into effect in May.

U.S. business leaders are raising concerns about consistency among EU member states in advance of the new rules, arguing that a lack of clarity could harm transatlantic commerce as companies scramble to comply with strict cybersecurity requirements that...