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Od varnosti omrežij in informacijskih sistemov do kibernetske varnosti v Evropski uniji 35 functioning of society and adopted Cybersecurity Strategy of the EU in 2013. The first legislative act of the EU in this field followed three years later, when the EU adopted the Directive concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union – the NIS Directive, aimed primarily at ensuring a high common level of security of networks and information systems in the EU. Shifts in the field of cyber security in the EU began in 2019, when the EU Agency for Cybersecurity and EU-wide certification schemes were established with the Cyber Security Act and the Council of the EU established a framework under which it could impose sanctions and targeted restrictive measures to deter and respond to cyberattacks. In 2019, the European Court of Auditors also completed an analysis of cyber security in the European Union and issued a briefing paper – Challenges to effective EU cybersecurity policy. The paper reviewed the complex cybersecurity policy of the EU and identified 10 challenges for its successful implementation. The outbreak of a new coronavirus and the declaration of a pandemic in March 2020 provided a new reality. Many institutions and companies had to adapt to this new situation literally overnight and arrange everything necessary to work from home, which also brought with it many new vulnerabilities for users and challenges for professionals. Despite the growing awareness of the importance of cyber security in such situations, it has often been pushed aside at the expense of usability. In this paper, we will present the challenges identified by the European Court of Auditors and future trends in cybersecurity in the EU. Key words  cybersecurity, European Court of Auditors, NIS directive JEL: K 140 1. UVOD Internet in informacijsko-komunikacijska tehnologijo (v nadaljevanju: IKT) imata vsako leto večji vpliv na naše življenje. Vse več stvari poteka po elektronski poti in je digitaliziranih, to pa s seboj potegne tudi vprašanje varnosti delovanja omrežij in informacijskih sistemov (v nadaljevanju: IS). V letu 2020 pa se je v času pandemije zaradi novega koronavirusa z zaprtjem pisarn in vzpostavitvijo dela od doma izkazalo oziroma nakazalo, da bo v prihodnje digitalizacija še koreniteje posegla in spremenila naše življenje in navade. Pomena interneta in kibernetskega prostora ter njunega vpliva na družbo se zaveda tudi Evropska unija (EU). V uvodu v Strategijo EU za kibernetsko varnost: odprt, varen in zanesljiv kibernetski prostor (Strategija EU za kibernetsko varnost) je Evropska komisija poudarila, da so naše vsakdanje življenje, pravice, družbeni stiki in gospodarstvo odvisni od brezhibnega delovanja IKT-ja. Odprt in svoboden kibernetski prostor je omogočil, olajšal in pospešil povezovanje ter izmenjavo