ED Decision 2025/014/R
NECESSARY COMPETENCE AND TRAINING PROGRAMME
A training programme should start with the identification of the competence required by the personnel for each role, followed by the identification of the gaps between the existing competence and the required one.
In order to develop the list of competencies, an organisation may use, as initial guidance, an existing cybersecurity competence framework such as the European e-Competence Framework (e-CF) or the NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education) based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF).
In Appendix II, the main tasks of this Regulation are listed and mapped to the competencies derived from the EU e-CF or, for ease of mapping, to the functions and categories of the NIST CSF. This mapping may be used to establish a baseline to identify the aforementioned competence gaps. However, it should be noticed that existing cybersecurity/information security competence frameworks typically focus primarily on the protection of standard information technologies; therefore, the proposed list of competencies may need to be adapted to the technologies or integrated with processes used in the organisation.
The bridging of the identified gaps should be seen as the objective of the training programme, which should further include the scope, content, methods of delivery (e.g. classroom training, e-learning, notifications, on-the-job training) and frequency of training that best meet the organisation’s needs considering the size, scope, required competencies, and complexity of the organisation.
Finally, as information security/cybersecurity evolves due to the rise of new threats, the organisation should periodically review the adequacy of the training programme.
ROLE-BASED COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK
Although under this Regulation there are no provisions for specific roles, besides the optional nomination of a CRP, for organisations characterised by a large number of staff members and hierarchical layers, it may be convenient to identify some roles and the related required competencies. To this end, EASA has developed an adaptation of the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) published by ENISA in September 2022 that can be found in Appendix VI.
Guidance on personnel training: identify competence gaps, use e-CF or NIST CSF, adapt to organisation, and review periodically. Role-based framework in Appendix VI.
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