Marc Auxenfants

Freelance journalist based in Luxembourg, Marc has been covering topics including economic, finance, new technologies and startups for international media since 2003. He holds a Master’s degree in economic sociology, a Master's degree in journalism and a Master's degree in European economics and law. He began his career as a sociologist and worked in finance and communication before entering journalism by the back door.

Digital transition
Cyber-resilience in African microfinance is still low
Although only 10 or 15% of Africans have a bank account, the continent’s financial institutions are still confronted with a systemic cyber-risk. In the face of such challenges, the Africa ...
Digital transition
Post-quantum cryptography: the migration challenge
With retrospective decryption and the theft of sensitive data on the horizon, modern businesses and organisations need to update their algorithms, infrastructure, and business applications as quickly ...
Digital Sovereignty
Web3: a unique geopolitical and strategic occasion for the EU?
While the Internet’s third generation marks the end of Europe’s “servitude”, its legal, regulatory and cybersecurity risks and obstacles require concerted operational ...
Digital Sovereignty
[FIC 2023] Cloud : Is Europe Falling Behind?
To successfully transform in the face of its competitors, the EU must come together, build a shared ecosystem and shore up its resilience and regulations. But above all, it must believe in its ...
Digital Sovereignty
Cloud services certification: a hard road to harmonisation
In a fragmented market dominated by American service providers, ENISA is trying to establish a common certification scheme called the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services ...
Cyber risks
Hacking: TIBER, a trial-and-error framework
Threat Intelligence-based Ethical Red Teaming (TIBER) is a European ethical hacking framework designed to test the resilience of critical infrastructure against systemic risk in the financial ...
Cyber risks
European entities need to better protect themselves
While the European Union intends to strengthen its cyber resilience, its 80 institutions, bodies, and agencies (IOAU) remain more targeted than ever by hackers. What is the level of preparation and ...
Operational security
Sustainable data destruction: the public sector can do better
Every year, government organizations around the world spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the physical destruction and repurchase of perfectly good IT equipment. Secure data destruction ...
Cyber risks
Ransomware – Crisis Management at the Heart of Resilience
For many companies, anticipating and protecting themselves from ransomware attacks is limited to technological and IT security strategies. Nowadays, however, the stakes are much higher as ...
Digital identity & KYC
How digital KYC is transforming business
Formerly used to combat money laundering, “know your customer” (KYC) is expanding its scope and recurrence to become cyber-resilient. Previously a characteristic of the financial sector alone, ...
Cyber risks
ETIs in the face of cyber risk: playing the cyber proximity game
Often with little or no protection against cyber risks, intermediate-sized enterprises (aka ETIs) have become prime targets for cybercriminals. Their digital hygiene and their ‘protective ...
Digital transition
The cloud as a prerequisite for digital sovereignty
What technological and digital autonomy can the EU achieve? How does the European cloud ecosystem respond to the technological, data protection, and cybersecurity issues that underpin it?