Weekly Cybersecurity Digest [November, Week 4]
Posted on November 25, 2025
Dear Valued Clients,
Welcome to this week’s cybersecurity digest from Make Sense, your trusted partner in building measurable resilience across Europe’s digital and institutional landscape. November’s final week spotlighted how skills shortages, AI compliance, and ecosystem coordination are shaping Europe’s cyber trajectory.
From whistleblower safeguards to strategic digital alliances, the message is clear: cyber resilience is no longer just operational; it is structural, cultural, and talent-driven.
✅ Top Stories of the Week
i. EU Sets Up Whistleblower Tool for AI Act
The European Commission has launched a secure, confidential whistle-blower portal under the Artificial Intelligence Act, enabling anyone in the EU to report suspected breaches of the law in any official language and format. The tool features encrypted communication and anonymity protection, though complete legal protection for whistle-blowers will only apply from August 2026. [Read more via lawsociety]
ii. CyberHubs Project Spotlights Europe’s Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Project CyberHubs published a new analysis on 21 November, highlighting Europe’s widening cybersecurity skills gap. The EU-funded initiative is creating a network of 7 national Cybersecurity Skills Hubs that combine expertise in cyber, robotics, and engineering. Its “new gold standard” model aims to integrate training, innovation and job-matching so organisations, especially in smaller member states, can access home-grown security talent. [Read more via cyberhubs]
Question: Where does your organisation currently source cyber talent – internal upskilling, vendors, or overseas hiring, and how diversified is that pipeline against regional risk?
iii. EU Launches ATLAS Cybersecurity Community Platform
On 24 November, the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre launched the ATLAS Cybersecurity Community Platform, a new EU-wide hub to map capabilities and connect trusted cyber actors. From December, national coordination centres will onboard organisations so they can find partners, share feedback on policy and access opportunities. The platform aims to strengthen collaboration across Europe’s cyber ecosystem and support EU funding calls. [Read more via cybersecurity]
✅ Industry Trends & Insights
European Rights Regulators Brace for an AI-abuse Wave Across Critical Infrastructure
On 19 November 2025, a joint statement from Europe’s data-protection authorities warned that as generative-AI tools proliferate, abuse campaigns targeting industrial control systems, utilities and healthcare have moved beyond theory. They expect a surge in AI-driven phishing, deepfake impersonation, and IoT-orchestrated attacks, urging organisations to adopt “AI-resilience” frameworks, multilayer monitoring, and cross-sector threat-sharing. [Read via The Verge]
European Cybersecurity Investment & M&A Trends Mapped in New ECSO Report
The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) published its H1 2025 Cybersecurity Investment and M&A Report, detailing private equity/VC flows and acquisition activity across the EU27, EFTA, EEA, the UK, and Ukraine. It charts funding by round, country and deal type, highlights top European cyber investors and unicorns, and underlines persistent funding gaps despite a growing market. [Read more via thecyberhive]
Consider: Which emerging cyber category – identity, automation, or sovereign platforms offers the most ROI for your 2026 resilience roadmap, and who will own pilot execution?
✅ Regulatory & Policy Updates
European Commission Launches “Digital Omnibus” to Simplify Digital Rules
On 19 Nov 2025, the European Commission rolled out a major regulatory package to streamline the EU’s digital rulebook, covering AI, data protection, and cybersecurity incident reporting. It proposes delaying key obligations of the AI Act for high-risk systems until December 2027, simplifying cookie-consent mechanisms and creating a unified incident-reporting channel across several laws. [Read more via European Commission]
Council of the European Union Adopts Conclusions on Global Digital Strategy
On 20 Nov 2025, the Council approved EU conclusions setting out the bloc’s strategic approach to global digital affairs - placing cybersecurity, trusted infrastructure, resilient supply chains and digital partnerships at the core of external action. The document emphasises secure digital transformation, alliances beyond Europe, and tech-diplomacy as part of EU economic and security policy. [Read more via Consilium]
Consider: How effectively does your organisation integrate digital strategy with geopolitical intelligence – particularly in regulated or infrastructure-adjacent markets?
✅ Cyber IQ Challenge + Proactive Security Hacks
Quick Quiz:
Which approach best strengthens EU-wide cyber resilience across AI governance, talent disruption and ecosystem fragmentation?
A) Compliance enforcement only
B) Community-driven capability mapping and talent incubation
C) Whistleblower escalation without incident response alignment
D) Vendor-only hiring and outsourced risk ownership
(Answer below)
Smart Security Moves of the Week:
- AI governance activation: Create an internal whistleblower path for AI misuse before obligations escalate – aligned with privacy, ethics, and legal.
- Talent resilience: Prioritise cyber apprenticeships, continuous learning and internal job pathways over reactive hiring.
- Ecosystem advantage: Onboard to ATLAS or national cyber hubs – map partners, funding, and policy inputs proactively.
- AI deception rehearsal: Run simulation exercises involving synthetic identities, voice cloning, or credential-phishing to map human and system weaknesses.
Answer: B) Community-driven capability mapping and talent incubation.
✅ Conclusion
From new whistleblower pathways and EU skills hubs to cross-border digital diplomacy, this week highlighted the evolution of cyber resilience from isolated controls to systemic capability. Europe’s security future hinges on talent pipelines, shared infrastructure, and collaborative intelligence – not just technical defences.
Final reflection: If an AI-driven breach or misinformation event emerged tomorrow, could your organisation communicate confidently, activate talent, and coordinate across ecosystem partners?
At Make Sense, we transform intelligence into measurable defence – empowering organisations to scale governance, nurture cyber talent, and embed collaboration at every layer of resilience.
Stay secure,
The Make Sense SRL Team & CyberTania
