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IBM welcomes the timely publication of the Digital Omnibus proposal, aiming at simplifying the EUs digital rulebook in cybersecurity, data governance and privacy. We believe these proposals are a good starting point toward cutting red tape for all businesses operating in Europe and will help support innovation.

IBM welcomes the timely publication of the AI Omnibus Regulation, aiming at simplifying and harmonising the implementation of the EU AI Act, which is a good starting point toward cutting red tape for all businesses operating in Europe, and will help support innovation in this area. Simplifying rules for AI is essential to foster innovation within European industries.

Digital innovation will continue accelerating, creating new opportunities and disruption for policymakers to navigate. At a time when Europe is facing significant challenges to preserve its competitiveness, the choices the EU makes during the 2024-2029 political cycle related to how technology is developed, deployed, and governed will be critical to Europeans continued security, prosperity, and well-being.

IBM thanks the European Commission for the opportunity to provide input to the Call for Evidence on an initiative Towards European open digital ecosystems. IBM has been a strong supporter of the European Commissions Open Source strategy 2020-2023 and we welcome the initiative to build on this and expand the focus towards an open digital ecosystem.

IBM welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the European Commission's draft Artificial Intelligence Act. We welcome the Commission’s risk-based approach to regulating specific uses of AI systems, not the AI technology itself.

IBM welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment on the proposed legislative initiative on AI. We welcome the policy Objective and Aims of the initiative, in particular the intent to ensure coherence and complementarity with other possible initiatives, e.g. affecting the Machinery Directive, the General Product Safety Directive or the product liability regime.

IBM welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the revised draft EU Cybersecurity Act (CSA2) and the targeted amendments to the NIS2 Directive. As a global provider of enterprise technology and cybersecurity solutions, we welcome the steps taken to update ENISAs mandate and certification development framework in line with the new legislation such as NIS2, CRA, DORA, reflecting the changing needs, roles and…

In the context of the revision of the EU Cybersecurity Act (CSA), we welcome the steps taken to update ENISAs mandate and certification development framework in line with the new legislation such as NIS2, CRA, DORA, and better reflecting the changing needs, roles and tasks across the EU cybersecurity ecosystem.

IBM submission on the European Commission Proposal for a Data Act Introduction IBM welcomes the opportunity to provide its opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for a Data Act, and to offer our views on the measures we believe can help strengthen a thriving data economy while avoiding undermining trust in technology.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

IBM welcomes the opportunity to comment on the policy options that the European Commission is examining and contemplating for the ‘Data Act’. Creating and promoting more fairness in the data economy, with the aim to increase legal certainty for data sharing in Europe, is a laudable objective and one we support.

IBM welcomes the opportunity to give feedback on the Commission’s proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA). As a global Business-to-Business (B2B) technology company with a significant European footprint, IBM plays a key role in the digital transformation of Europe’s industry, enabling our clients to benefit from the power of data.

The goal of the European Commission’s proposal for an EU “Data Governance Act”(DGA) is to foster the availability of data, in particular non-personal data, for (re-)use by increasing trust in novel data intermediary services and strengthening data-sharing mechanisms across the EU.

IBM shares the European Commission’s vision that Common European Data Spaces shall create an enabling environment, empowering market participants to capture the data that they generate. At the heart of the data spaces are the users of data who need the certainty that their data is handled in a responsible manner.

IBM’S COMMENTS ON THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S CYBER RESILIENCE ACT PROPOSAL January 2023 IBM is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, serving clients in more than 170 countries. Today, 47 of the Fortune 50 companies rely on the IBM Cloud to run their business and IBM Watson enterprise AI is hard at work in more than 20,000 engagements.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

IBM welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and to offer our views on how we believe the EU can build a strong cybersecurity environment and increase its resilience against a continuously evolving and more complex cyber threat landscape.

IBM thanks the European Commission for the opportunity of providing feedback to the call for evidence on a revision of regulation 1025/2012. As an active participant in standardisation and open source in Europe and world wide IBM strongly agrees on the importance of the European standardisation system.

IBM welcomes the Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposal and the opportunity to provide feedback. IBM agrees that action is needed to ensure fairness and contestability of certain digital markets, especially those that are data-driven. We believe that the Digital Markets Act contains the right mechanisms to restore both fairness and contestability in those digital markets.

The proposed Quantum Act has the potential for the EU to position both governments and industry leaders at the forefront of unlocking the immense economic value that quantum computing is expected to deliver as the technology reaches maturity. As a provider of quantum hardware and software, IBM will comment on the European Commission's planned Quantum Act from this perspective. Please find attached our submission.

In a time of turmoil, and with recent unprecedented cyber breaches such as Solarwinds, the EU’s revision of the NIS Directive certainly is a timely one. As a leading cybersecurity services provider, IBM believes the Revision should focus on increasing collaboration between government and industry and global industry-led initiatives, prioritise fixing a cyber breach over reporting it, positively incentivise companies…

IBM welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an Implementing Act on a list of High-Value Datasets. It will contribute to the effective implementation of the Open Data Directive, through making high-value public datasets available in a machine-readable format via APIs. Please read our full contribution in the attached file.

IBM supports the European Commission’s proposal for an Implementing act on a list of High-Value Datasets as a contribution to the effective implementation of the Open Data Directive 2019/1024. We agree with the objective to make specific high-value public datasets available, where appropriate, as there is significant potential in its re-use in new products and services.

IBM welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commissions Cyber Solidarity Act. As one of the worlds leading enterprise technology companies and with more than 100 years of business commitment in Europe IBM supports the Cyber Solidarity Acts aims to strengthen capacities in the EU to detect, prepare for, and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents.