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ECSO CISO Community and CESIN to Join Forces in New Partnership

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services2 April 20250Comments

Today, 2 April 2025, the CISO Community of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) has signed a Partnership Agreement with CESIN - Club des Experts de la Sécurité de l'Information et du Numérique during the INCYBER Forum Europe (FIC) in Lille, France. Through this Partnership, Members of both communities will engage in structured and meaningful collaboration.…

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

ECSO News25 March 20250Comments

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…

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…

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…

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…

Decoding European Cybersecurity Market Trends: How to Expand to the US Market?

Activities, ECSO Members, ECSO News, W2- Market Deployment, Investments and International Collaboration, WG4 - Support to SMEs, Coordination with Countries and Regions29 April 20240Comments

ECSO's quarterly virtual discussions on the European cybersecurity market are back with the Q1 2024 edition: Decoding European Cybersecurity Market Trends: A virtual discussion for ECSO Members - How to expand to the US market? took place online on 24 April 2024 with Francisco Andrade e Silva, Market and Regional Policies Junior Manager at ECSO,…

ECSO-led ECCO project launches a survey for cybersecurity start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs in Europe.

Activities, ECSO News24 April 20240Comments

The European Cybersecurity COmmunity (ECCO) project's Community Group dedicated to start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs has launched a survey to understand and address the challenges faced by cybersecurity founders operating in the European Market. The survey targets cybersecurity start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs in Europe. The aim of the survey is to delve deep into the challenges…

ECSO’s cooperation with The Kościuszko Institute (IK): Road to Polish Presidency

Activities, ECSO News16 April 20240Comments

With regards to the upcoming Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2025, ECSO and The Kościuszko Institute (IK) are to sign a Letter Of Intent at the opening of the CYBERSEC 2024 conference in Krakow, on 19-20 June. The cooperation between the two organisations will pave the way leading up to…