[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":13},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-european-commission-signs-cybersec4europe-grant-agreement":3},{"articles":4},[5],{"documentId":6,"title":7,"slug":8,"createdAt":9,"publishingDate":10,"description":10,"content":11,"quote":10,"postAuthor":10,"thumbnail":10,"relatedProducts":10,"industry":10,"relatedPosts":12,"metaData":10},"dpjfj9hp56lprhtgjtlq1yjn","European Commission Signs CyberSec4Europe Grant Agreement","european-commission-signs-cybersec4europe-grant-agreement","2021-07-07T13:59:57.000Z",null,"This week, representatives of the European Commission signed the grant\nagreement launching the CyberSec4Europe project, one of four such\nprojects to be selected. The successful proposals were submitted in\nresponse to the call under Horizon 2020 to establish and operate a pilot\nfor a Cybersecurity Competence Network and to develop and implement a\ncommon cybersecurity research and innovation roadmap.\n\nWith its aim to boost the effectiveness of the Security Union, the EU\nwishes to ensure that it retains and develops essential capacities to\nsecure its digital economy, infrastructures, society and democracy. The\nEU has recognised that cybersecurity research, competences and\ninvestments are spread across Europe with too little alignment, and that\nthere is an urgent need to step up investment in technological\nadvancements that could make the Digital Single Market more cybersecure\nand overcome the fragmentation of EU research capacities.\n\n“It is an honour for Cybernetica to participate in this initiative,”\nsaid Oliver Väärtnõu, Chairman of the Board of Cybernetica, one of the\nconsortium members. “Europe today should align towards collaboration\nacross borders – not that of states, but of disciplines and domains.\nThis project is a welcome step towards a united discourse in the field\nof cybersecurity,” Väärtnõu added.\n\nAccording to Peeter Laud, Director of Research at Cybernetica, the team\nof researchers are excited and proud to embark on the project, as it was\nkicked off today in Brussels. “We have been working with our European\ncolleagues on different EU projects for years. This particular step\nreflects the results of a long journey. I would like to express\ngratitude on behalf of Cybernetica and my team to everyone who has\nhelped this become reality,” Laud said.\n\nLead Co-ordinator, Professor Dr. Kai Rannenberg, Goethe University\nFrankfurt, says: “On behalf of the CyberSec4Europe consortium of\npartners, we are extremely grateful to the European Commission for this\nopportunity to explore one of the most exciting initiatives in the area\nof multi-disciplinary, cross-sector cybersecurity research and\ninnovation in Europe. We are very excited to be at the forefront of\nefforts to address the challenges in developing a common European\napproach to cybersecurity while protecting core European values such as\nprivacy and the rights of smaller market players such as consumers and\nSMEs.\"\n\nThe CyberSec4Europe contract starts with immediate effect and will last\nuntil July 2022 at a total cost of 16 MEUR.\n\nCyberSec4Europe is a research-based consortium with 43 participants from\n22 EU Member States and Associated Countries. As a pilot for a\nCybersecurity Competence Network, it will test and demonstrate potential\ngovernance structures for the network of competence centres using the\nbest practice examples from the expertise and experience of the\nparticipants, including concepts like CERN.",[],1788355416529]