Head of Technical Competence Department

Dr. Steve Purser

Steve PurserDr Purser is heading the Agency’s Technical Competence Department. This Department manages technical, security competence issues.

Where the technical, methodological and organisational aspects of Network and Information Security are concerned, the Department analyses problem areas, provides advice, demonstrates its proposed solutions and disseminates its work to maximize the impact of the solutions proposed. These activities are closely interlinked and are all based on a direct involvement of the most relevant experts in Europe and beyond.

The Department is responsible for awareness raising, and liaision with the computer incident response community. By bringing together stakeholders with differing perspectives and needs, activities in this area enable ENISA to produce recommendations that reflect the needs of both the public and private sectors.