The number of websites blacked out since July 2019 has thus risen to 965.
ESMA is changing its Union Strategic Supervisory Priorities (USSPs) to focus on cyber risk and digital resilience alongside ESG disclosures.

With this new priority, EU supervisors will put greater emphasis on reinforcing firms’ ICT risk management through close monitoring and supervisory actions, building new supervisory capacity and expertise. The aim is to keep pace with market and technological developments, and closely monitor potential contagion effects of attacks and disruptions across markets and firms.
The new USSP will come into force in 2025, at the same time as the Digital Operational Resilience Act – DORA. This timeline is intended to provide supervisors and firms in Member States with sufficient time to prepare for compliance with the new regulatory requirements. Meanwhile, ESMA and national competent authorities (NCAs) will carry out preparatory work planning and shaping the supervisory activities to undertake under this priority.
In addition, ESMA and NCAs will continue their work on the second priority – ESG disclosures.
The aim is to tackle greenwashing, increase investors understanding and embed sustainability requirements when firms advise investors.
ESG disclosures will remain the focus in 2024 across key segments of the sustainable finance value chain such as issuers, investment managers and investment firms.