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 EOS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
Brussels, July 14, 2011 - EOS is pleased to announce that at its 20th Board of Directors of May 31st, 2011, the following companies have been unanimously accepted as new EOS Members: the Belgian branch of DCNS (France) and the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). EOS is also pleased to announce that Rapiscan’s membership became effective in April after that the Rapiscan’s UK branch was accepted as a new EOS Member by the EOS 19th Board of Directors of March 17th.
 HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE - BRUSSELS, 9 February, 2011 – Following a high-level roundtable today between EU and national policymakers and Europe’s leading security technology and service players, all parties have agreed to explore how to build a more coherent approach for achieving Europe’s civil security objectives. Read more.
The Roundtable was attended by EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas and Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani, representatives of the Hungarian EU Presidency, the Council, the European Parliament, the Member States, the EU agencies (ENISA, EUROPOL), and EOS. High-level representatives from the cabinets and DGs also participated. A dedicated page on this event, can soon be found on the EOS website.
EOS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
Brussels, February 21, 2011 - EOS is pleased to announce that at its 19th Board of Directors of January 19th, 2011, the following companies have been unanimously accepted as new EOS Members: CONCEPTIVITY (Switzerland), VITEC (France), and STM (Turkey). With STM EOS membership and representativeness has been extended to Turkey, while the CONCEPTIVITY and VITEC have strengthened EOS SME base.
 EOS Breakfast at the European Parliament on Privacy and Data Protection
Brussels, October 14th, 2010- The European Organisation for Security is pleased to announce the results of its first Working Breakfast at the European Parliament that was devoted to the topic “Privacy and Data Protection: What Guidelines for Advanced Security Solutions?” The event was organized under the patronage of Manfred WEBER MEP on September 15th 2010inBrussels. The report has now been published.
 “Towards the creation of a European Coordinator and Policy for improved Cyber Security”
Brussels, October 12th, 2010 - There is today a clear political awareness, based on facts, that cyber threats have become a critical issue for Europe and its Member in that they can impede operations, economic growth and competitiveness across all sectors. The need for European stakeholders to dispose of the necessary key capabilities to protect the cyber space has therefore been unanimously recognised. The European Organisation for Security - EOS - therefore calls on the creation of a European Cyber Security Coordinator and the definition of a European Cyber Security Policy supported by an immediate step up of European know-how and capabilities in order to contribute to the increasingly worrisome issue of Cyber Security. For further information, please see the full press release or EOS White Paper Towards a concerted EU approach to Cyber Security.
New Publications: EOS' contribution to Europe's new Internal Security Strategy
 Brussels, September 30th, 2010 – The European Organisation for Security (EOS) is proud to announce the publication of its new Recommendations for the EU’s Internal Security Strategy, its White Papers on Cyber Security and on Civil Protection, as well as its new Position Paper on Privacy and Data Protection. For further information, please see the press release.
Renewal of EOS Board of Directors and Management Positions
Brussels, June 8, 2010 - EOS is pleased to announce that at its 16th Board of Directors meeting of May 27th, 2010, the mandate of Robert Havas, Vice President of Business Development, Security at EADS, as the chairman of EOS Board of Directors has been renewed for another year, as well as the mandates of the EOS Board’s Vice-Chairs Eugenio Creso, Business Development and NATO-EU Key Account Director at Selex S.I., and Mark Miller, Regional Vice-President European Programmes at COTECNA INSPECTION. Furthermore, Luigi Rebuffi’s mandate as EOS’ Chief Executive Officer has been prolonged for an additional period. and the previous composition of the EOS Board of Directors has also been reconfirmed.
EOS WELCOMES A NEW MEMBER
Brussels, April 12, 2010 - The European Organisation for Security (EOS) is pleased to announce that at its Board of Directors meeting on 12 December 2009, Raytheon Systems Limited was unanimously accepted as a new EOS Member.
“Raytheon is proud to be a member of this outstanding organisation,” said John Brading, deputy director for National Security at Raytheon Systems Limited, the U.K. affiliate of Raytheon Company, and Raytheon’s official representative to EOS. “As we continue to focus on expanding national security business throughout Europe, our partnership with EOS will enable us to forge strong new relationships with European partners in both government and industry.”
"Towards a Multi-layered integrated approach on Civil Aviation Security "
Brussels, February 22, 2010 - The serious incident involving the flight NW 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on the 25th December of 2009 has had an important impact on the European Aviation industry and all its related stakeholders.
EOS, seeking to positively contribute to the by this event renewed debate on aviation security, defends a multi-layered integrated approach to Civil Aviation security.
 AMPER and D'APPOLONIA join EOS
Brussels, April 8, 2009 - EOS is pleased to announce that at its last Board of Directors of March 12th, 2009, two companies have unanimously been accepted as new EOS Members: Amper from Spain, as well as D'Appolonia S.p.A from Italy have now joined EOS.
Amper is one of the main Spanish providers of communications solutions for civil and military applications. It designs, produces, integrates and maintains solutions to cover critical information and communication needs in both civil and military environments. Instead, D’Appolonia is an engineering consulting company active in different industrial and infrastructural areas such as energy, transport, ICT, defence, and space.
SIEMENS, G4S, BUMAR and TELETRON join the European Organisation for Security (EOS)
Brussels, September 25, 2008 - The 9th Board of Directors of the European Organization for Security (EOS) has accepted, at his last meeting of September 10th , SIEMENS (germany), G4S (UK), BUMAR (Poland) and TELETRON (Italy) as new Members, thus bringing the overall number of EOS Members to 31, representing some 1,5 million employees in 12 European Countries.
Appointment of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairs of the EOS' Board of Directors
Brussels, July 11, 2008 - At its meeting of July 11, 2008, the Board of Directors of the European Organization for Security (EOS) appointed Robert Havas, Vice President Business Development and Security at EADS, as new Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors also appointed Gustavo Scotti di Uccio, Vice President for Strategy and New Business Affairs - National and International Organisations at Selex-SI and Mark Miller, Director of European Programmes at Cotecna as Vice-Chairmen. This is an important choice for EOS which, by having representatives of both large companies and Small andMedium Enterprises as vice chairs, re-affirms its holistic approach to security.
“Today’s EOS launch: a concrete step towards building a consistent security market in Europe”
Brussels, May 14, 2008 - Fragmentation in the European market for security is undermining the capabilities of governments and the private sector to provide citizens with the protection they deserve and to allow business continuity for the economy. This is one of the key messages that emerged today at the conference which marked the launch of the European Organisation for Security - EOS - a private sector initiative of leading European companies open to all European private security stakeholders.
UPDATE 1-Fragmented security industry wants EU standards
BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - Common standards are needed across Europe to boost a fragmented security market, major companies involved in security such as France's Thales (TCFP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) and Airbus parent EADS (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday. "This market is still very much fragmented and not as mature as it should be," Thales' chairman and chief executive CEO Denis Ranque said at a conference in Brussels. "The other way, apart from monopoly, to have a synchronised and well organised industry is to have common standards," Ranque said at the official launch of the European Organisation for Security (EOS), a nonprofit group aimed at creating a unified security market in Europe.
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