Executive summary

• Author: European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (EU body or agency)
• Pages: 4-4

Eurodac  2019 Annual Report 4

Executive summary

In 2019, the Eurodac central system performed in line with the agreed SLA and the legal requirements in

providing effective support for the Member States in their application of the Dublin Reg ulation1. In

coordination with the Member States, eu-LISA the Agency carr ied out several activities, under the

framework of the central system's operational management, that include the f ollowing:

 Several projects were initiated on the IT infrastructure and configuration, aimed at improving the

Eurodac internal security and system versions and aligning the system with the latest security

standards. Pending the recast of the Eurodac Regulation (EU) No 603/2 013 the Eurodac

Regulation, no major evolutions were implemented.

 The release deployed in May 2019 covered the CAFIS application component update, and the

migration of a backup component to the Common Shared Infrastructure (CSI) platform .

 Between April and May, tests were performed using Multispectral Imaging devic es (MSI). The

conclusion from the tests was that the average processing time was significantly lower in each MSI

transaction compared to the optical transactions, without compromising the matchin g accuracy.

Therefore, in cases of high transaction volumes, the use of MSI may decrea se waiting times for search

results.

 In November, the first business continuity exercise for Eurodac took place, with the support of

ENISA, the European Commission, and six Member States. The purpose of th e technical end-to-end

cyber-exercise was to test the security, business continuity, and disaster reco very capabilities of

Eurodac. An action plan to implement recommendations gathered during the exercise w ill be

prepared.

 In December, the regular audit was performed by the EDPS in close cooperation with t he eu-LISA

DPO and the Security Unit. The report is expected in the course of 2020.

1 Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, OJ L 180, 29.6.2013.