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ECSO’s Matchmaking Events 2025: Empowering European Cybersecurity with a New Partner, the CyberHive

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) is thrilled to announce the new editions of its Matchmaking events set to take place throughout 2025. These events are co-organised in partnership with the Women4Cyber Foundation and, for the first time, CyberHive—a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to advancing European cybersecurity innovation. ECSO’s aims to foster innovation and growth in the…

ECSO publishes 2025 Cyber Range Features Checklist & List of European Providers

Activities, European Cyber Range Alliance, WG5 - Education, Training, Awareness, Cyber Ranges12 February 20250Comments

The European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO) has published the updated 2025 edition of its Cyber Range Features Checklist & List of European Providers. This resource helps end-users define their specific cyber range requirements and establish clear award criteria for electronic tenders in the procurement process. The checklist is developed by ECSO Working Group on Skills &…

We open the Third Edition of ECSO’s Annual CISO Meetup today in Vienna

Activities, ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services3 November 20240Comments

BRUSSELS, 4 November 2024 – The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) is pleased to announce the Third Edition of its Annual CISO Meetup, taking place in Vienna on 4 & 5 November. Around 200 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from 26 European nations are participating, marking a significant milestone for collaboration and information sharing among…

Top Cybersecurity Scale-Ups Selected as Finalists After ECSO Cyber Solution Days in Kilkenny

ECSO CISO Choice Award, ECSO News, European CISOs, W2- Market Deployment, Investments and International Collaboration, WG4 - Support to SMEs, Coordination with Countries and Regions29 September 20240Comments

The ECSO Cyber Solution Days event has wrapped up, marking a remarkable presentation of Europe’s top cybersecurity scale-ups and their innovative solutions in Identity & Access Management and Cloud Security. Held on 25 September 2024 as a precursor to the Cyber Ireland National Conference 2024 in Kilkenny, Ireland, this event was organised in partnership with…

Unveiling the CrowdStrike Incident: Key Insights from ECSO’s Webinar

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services5 August 20240Comments

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), in collaboration with the ECSO CISO Community, hosted a webinar on 26 July 2024, discussing the recent CrowdStrike outage. Key topics covered by our experts included rapid incident response, challenges of misinformation, and the impact of the Cyber Resilience Act on software security practices. The event underscored ECSO's commitment…

ENISA AR-in-a-Box C-Level Survey: How to Approach Executives?

European CISOs3 July 20240Comments

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has recently launched a survey for C-Level cybersecurity excutives, aimed at determining the best ways to apporach them to raise awareness about key indsutry topics. This initiative is part of the AR-in-a-Box toolkit, ENISA's guide to design and implement effective cybersecurity awareness programmes. Short and concise, the survey…

The European Networking Night Invest4Cyber Returns to Berlin, Fostering Investment in European Cybersecurity

ECSO News, W2- Market Deployment, Investments and International Collaboration5 June 20240Comments

The Invest4Cyber European Networking Night, an event aimed at boosting investment in the European cybersecurity landscape, is set to return to Berlin on 5 June 2024. This gathering represents a collective effort to bridge the investment gap faced by the European cybersecurity market. Apart from opening remarks and exclusive insights from experts in a fireside…

ECSO Member the Municipality of the Hague wins the CISO of the Year 2024 Award

ECSO Members3 June 20240Comments

Jeroen Schipper, CISO at the Municipality of The Hague (ECSO Member), won the CISO of the Year 2024 Award on 28 May. The award was presented during the first CISODAY, an event that attracted more than 200 security professionals from large companies, governments, and non-profit organisations in the Netherlands. Jeroen has credited this award to…

Announcing the First Finalists for the ECSO CISO Choice Award 2025

ECSO CISO Choice Award, ECSO News, European CISOs, W2- Market Deployment, Investments and International Collaboration23 May 20240Comments

We are thrilled to announce the first two selected finalists for the ECSO CISO Choice Award 2025, unveiled at the ECCC Access-2-Market event held on 23 May. This event provided a platform for scale-ups to present their innovative cybersecurity solutions targeting the healthcare sector or critical infrastructure. A distinguished Judging Panel of Chief Information Security…

ECSO Member the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland calls for involvement in the Tallin Mechanism activities.

ECSO Members17 May 20240Comments

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) is delighted to share the initiative of one of its members: the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland. The Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland has been involved for several months now in the initiative known as the "Tallin Mechanism". As part of the initiative’s goal to coordinate assistance…

The Diplomatic Academy of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs visits ECSO’s headquarters.

Activities, ECSO News16 May 20240Comments

On 8 May, 17 applicants of the Diplomatic Academy accompanied by their Deputy Director, Marta Zielińska-Śliwka, visited ECSO’s premises. The visiting team participated in a discussion on a variety of topics, including the cooperation between ECSO and Ukraine, ECOS’ CISO Community, the importance of skills in the EU political agenda and active EU policy making.…

ECSO and Women4Cyber’s new initiative has officially launched: register to Road2Cyber today!

Activities, ECSO News, WG5 - Education, Training, Awareness, Cyber Ranges, Women4Cyber, Youth4Cyber2 May 20240Comments

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) and the Women4Cyber Foundation have joined forces to develop a new European platform dedicated to cybersecurity education and work industry: Road2Cyber! Join the platform today registering here and hit the road with us on this new, exciting journey! Road2Cyber aims at connecting cybersecurity professionals, practitioners, and the industry. From…