Technologies & Innovation and Defence & Space
Working Group 6
VISION
A strong, resilient and digitally autonomous European cybersecurity ecosystem with an efficient and secure digital transition of the industry and society.
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MISSION
Define the cyber security EU R&I roadmap and vision to strengthen and build a resilient EU ecosystem. Analyse the challenges of digitalisation of the society and industrial sectors to sustain EU digital autonomy by developing and fostering trusted technologies.
ONGOING WORK
- Define the vision to strengthen the European cybersecurity ecosystem and pursue the Strategic Research and Innovation Roadmap.
- Gather and animate the European cybersecurity community to identify future research challenges and priorities.
- Monitor the future Horizon Europe and Digital Europe Programmes and investment opportunities for R&I.
- Publish technical papers to identify challenges and provide recommendations on specific topics: Artificial Intelligence, Secure Software Supply Chain and Quantum Key Distribution.
- Work on secure data spaces and collaborate with the Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC) initiative.
- Coordinate the cybersecurity activities across EU initiatives and contribute to the Transcontinuum initiative, a horizontal collaboration between 8 European associations and projects to develop a common vision and elaborate joint recommendations for R&D.
- Collaborate with ECMWF by contributing to the project “Strategic Technology Agenda for DestinE“ and produce white papers on the identified cybersecurity challenges with strategic recommendations.
- Analyse relevant cyber security technologies for dual use technologies and space.
BENEFITS FOR THE MEMBERS
- Take part to formal and informal exchanges with relevant stakeholders and representatives of the EU institutions and industry organisation.
- Provide express feedback and direct inputs to European institutions about the strategic vision and R&I priorities.
- Access valuable insights on the state of the art of cutting-edge technologies in the field of cybersecurity.
- Shape the definition of ECSO priorities, technical papers and recommendations to build a resilient EU ecosystem.
- Access peer to peer knowledge and experiences.
- Network with other organisations in brokerage events for collaboration and getting funding in EU projects.
WG6 Chairs
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WG6 Administration
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Matteo Molé
Manager for Technologies, innovation and trusted supply chain
WG6 Segmentation
The working group is segmented into the following sub-working groups:
TECNALIA
WithSecure
RHEA Group
Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia
APWG.EU
FORTH – Foundation for Research and Technology
Hellas IMT – Institut Mines-Télécom
APWG.EU
Fraunhofer
University of Malaga
CEA
RHEA Group
Cyberservices
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