ECSO members consider the upcoming call of the Digital Europe Programme on Security Operation Centre
capacity building and Cyber Threat Intelligence as a great opportunity to strengthen European Digital
Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy and boost the further development of European competencies in this
area. This call also gives a chance to overcome the existing market fragmentation and accelerate cooperation between European stakeholders from the private and public sectors to prevent, detect and respond to cyber threats. This paper highlights crucial elements that contribute to the achievement of the above-mentioned goals.