European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre
By José Pina Miranda | October 30, 2020 | 2 min. reading time
The European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre makes up part of the European proposal for a Cybersecurity Competence Network and Centre, which aims to help the Union retain and develop the capacities necessary to secure its Digital Single Market. The establishment of this Competence Centre will facilitate and coordinate the work of the Network and foster the Cybersecurity Competence Community.
The Competence Centre will seek to achieve its overall mission by:
- setting up and helping to coordinate the National Coordination Centres Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community;
- implementing cybersecurity-related financial support from Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme.
That will feed into the following objectives:
- contribute to the wide deployment of the latest cybersecurity technology, in particular through carrying out or supporting procurement of products and solutions;
- provide financial support and technical assistance to cybersecurity start-ups and SMEs to connect them to potential markets and to attract investment;
- support research and innovation based on a comprehensive industrial and research agenda, including large-scale research and demonstration projects in next-generation cybersecurity capabilities;
- drive high cybersecurity standards not only in technology and cybersecurity systems but also in skills development; and
- facilitate the cooperation between the civil and defence spheres with regard to dual use technologies and applications, and enhancing civil-defence synergies in relation to the European Defence Fund.
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