Bulgaria's e-Government Minister Valentin Mundrov hit up Brussels to chat with EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva about building a centralized national cybersecurity system that locks down data sovereignty. The government wants the ministry coordinating protection for national systems against sketchy high-risk tech, and Mundrov stressed Bulgaria needs to finish its EU Digital Identity Wallet app by next year since Europe keeps pushing for a unified market.
The two also talked about Europe needing homegrown tech instead of relying on outside players, and Mundrov hyped up Bulgarian IT companies as legit competitors. A massive European software provider apparently showed interest in dropping money into Bulgaria after the Digital Sovereignty Summit in Berlin. The conversation touched on cybersecurity rules harmonization and getting the NIS2 Directive properly baked into Bulgarian law.
The two also talked about Europe needing homegrown tech instead of relying on outside players, and Mundrov hyped up Bulgarian IT companies as legit competitors. A massive European software provider apparently showed interest in dropping money into Bulgaria after the Digital Sovereignty Summit in Berlin. The conversation touched on cybersecurity rules harmonization and getting the NIS2 Directive properly baked into Bulgarian law.
