{"id":174165,"date":"2026-01-03T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/belgian-cyber-security-chief-warns-of-american-dominance-over-tech-firstpost\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T06:45:11","slug":"belgian-cyber-security-chief-warns-of-american-dominance-over-tech-firstpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/belgian-cyber-security-chief-warns-of-american-dominance-over-tech-firstpost\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian cyber security chief warns of American dominance over tech \u2013 Firstpost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/europe-has-lost-the-internet-belgian-cyber-security-chief-warns-of-american-dominance-over-tech-13965047.html\">Belgian cyber security chief warns of American dominance over tech \u2013 Firstpost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/europe-has-lost-the-internet-belgian-cyber-security-chief-warns-of-american-dominance-over-tech-13965047.html\">https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/europe-has-lost-the-internet-belgian-cyber-security-chief-warns-of-american-dominance-over-tech-13965047.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-03 01:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.firstpost.com\">www.firstpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Miguel De Bruycker, director of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), said that under the current circumstances, fully storing data within Europe is \u201cimpossible\u201d as American tech companies dominate the spaceBelgian cybersecurity expert Miguel De Bruycker has warned that Europe is so far behind the US in terms of digital infrastructure that \u201cit has lost the internet.\u201dDe Bruycker, director of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), said that under the current circumstances, fully storing data within Europe is \u201cimpossible\u201d as American tech companies dominate the space.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve lost the whole cloud. We have lost the internet, let\u2019s be honest. If I want my information 100 per cent in the EU\u2026\u2009keep on dreaming. You\u2019re setting an objective that is not realistic,&#8221; De Bruycker told\u00a0Financial Times.\u00a0\u00a0STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADThe official warned that Europe\u2019s cybersecurity largely depends on the cooperation of privately owned tech companies that are mostly based in the US.This reliance did not pose an \u201cenormous security problem\u201d for the EU, said De Bruycker, who has led the CCB since its founding a decade ago. However, he added that Europe was falling behind on critical emerging technologies led by the US and other countries, including cloud computing and artificial intelligence, which are essential to defending against cyber attacks.He said that Europe needs to develop its own capabilities to improve its tech infrastructure, adding that regulations like the EU\u2019s AI Act are \u201cblocking\u201d innovations.He argued that EU governments should back private-sector efforts to build scale in areas such as cloud computing and digital identification. IT experts say companies including France\u2019s OVHcloud and Germany\u2019s Schwarz Digital already provide critical digital infrastructure.At the same time, EU countries have grown increasingly concerned about their reliance on US technology firms such as Amazon, prompting renewed calls to strengthen Europe\u2019s \u201ctechnological sovereignty.\u201d\u201cI think on an EU level we should clearly identify what sovereignty means to us in the digital domain. \u201cInstead of putting that focus on how can we stop the US \u2018hyperscalers\u2019, maybe we put our energy in\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009building up something by ourselves,&#8221; he said.Europe has been witnessing a spike in cyber attacks, with Belgium particularly falling victim to hybrid attacks.Last year, Belgium was hit by five waves of DDoS attacks lasting several days, in which compromised devices flooded the websites of businesses and government agencies, temporarily knocking them offline. 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