US and EU to launch cybersecurity fellowship

Pilot later this year will involve “an exchange of cyber experts”

The EU is planning to launch a cybersecurity-focused fellowship programme with the US, as the two declared “a new chapter in our transatlantic partnership” on the topic.

In a joint statement on 26 January, the EU commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, and the US secretary for homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, said the programme will begin with a pilot involving “an exchange of cyber experts”.