Editing Computer security (section)

==International actions==
Many different teams and organizations exist, including:
* The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is the global association of CSIRTs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.first.org/about/mission/|title=FIRST Mission|publisher=FIRST|access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref> The [[US-CERT]], [[AT&T]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Cisco]], [[McAfee]], [[Microsoft]] are all members of this international team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.first.org/members/|title=FIRST Members|publisher=FIRST|access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref>
* The [[Council of Europe]] helps protect societies worldwide from the threat of cybercrime through the Convention on Cybercrime.<ref>{{cite web |title=European council |url=http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/cooperation/economiccrime/cybercrime/default_en.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203223358/http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/cooperation/economiccrime/cybercrime/default_en.asp |archive-date=3 December 2014  }}</ref>
* The purpose of the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is to bring the messaging industry together to work collaboratively and to successfully address the various forms of messaging abuse, such as spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other messaging exploitations.<ref>{{cite web |title=MAAWG |url=http://www.maawg.org/about_maawg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923153548/http://www.maawg.org/about_maawg |archive-date=23 September 2014  }}</ref> [[France Télécom|France Telecom]], [[Facebook]], [[AT&T]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Cisco]], [[Sprint Nextel|Sprint]] are some of the members of the MAAWG.<ref>{{cite web |title=MAAWG |url=http://www.maawg.org/about/roster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017165203/http://www.maawg.org/about/roster |archive-date=17 October 2014  }}</ref>
* ENISA : The [[European Network and Information Security Agency]] (ENISA) is an [[agency of the European Union]] with the objective to improve network and information security in the [[European Union]].

===Europe===
On 14 April 2016, the [[European Parliament]] and the [[Council of the European Union]] adopted the [[General Data Protection Regulation]] (GDPR). The GDPR, which came into force on 25 May 2018, grants individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) the right to the [[Information privacy|protection of personal data]]. The regulation requires that any entity that processes personal data incorporate data protection by design and by default. It also requires that certain organizations appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO).

The IT Security Association [[TeleTrusT]] exist in [[Germany]] since June 1986, which is an international competence network for IT security.