Category: Projects & Governance

DNS4EU: Towards a Sovereign, Secure, and Privacy-Respecting European DNS

Executive Summary DNS4EU is an initiative by the European Union to deploy a public DNS resolution service that is free of charge, compliant with GDPR, and entirely operated within Europe. Launched in June 2025 after several years of preparation, this European DNS resolver aims to strengthen the EU’s digital sovereignty by providing an alternative to…

Comparative review of cybersecurity taxonomies used by CSIRTs, CERTs, and SOCs

Executive summary CSIRTs, CERTs, and SOCs rely on incident and threat taxonomies to classify, analyze, and share cybersecurity information consistently. This article compares the principal taxonomies in use—eCSIRT.net, ENISA’s Reference Incident Classification Taxonomy and Threat Taxonomy, FIRST’s CSIRT case classification guidance, MISP taxonomies, VERIS, and MITRE ATT&CK—covering their origins, structure, operational uses, strengths, limitations, and…

Governance Issues Related to Adopting Open Source in Financial

Executive Summary From Cost Play to Strategic Imperative In recent years, the financial services industry has shifted from treating open source as a peripheral experiment to embracing it as a core strategic component of technology and innovation. Today, virtually every bank, insurer, or asset manager uses open source software in some capacity, reflecting an understanding…