Validating Europe’s Current Civilian–Defence Cybersecurity Policy Landscape
WHEN: Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 11:00 – 12:00 CET
WHERE: Online (Microsoft Teams)
Registration link: https://forms.office.com/e/D57b15WiBG
This COcyber policy-oriented workshop, organised by our partner EOS, is the first validation step in the creation of policy recommendations to improve cooperation and collaboration between the civilian and defence spheres in cybersecurity at EU and Member State level.
The workshop will present the key findings of COcyber’s policy and literature review, which analyses the current European cybersecurity policy landscape, existing cooperation mechanisms, and the main institutional and operational challenges affecting civil–militarycollaboration.
Participants will be invited to critically assess the review to ensure it accurately reflects policy realities and operational experience and will take part in interactive, moderated breakout discussions, focussing on validating the robustness of the review, identifying missing or unclear elements, and prioritising the most urgent gaps requiring policy action
Feedback will be shared by the moderator followed by polling using Mentimeter. The workshop will conclude with an overview of next steps, outlining how participant input will inform the drafting of COcyber policy recommendations and a follow-up validation workshop.
11:00 – 11:05 | Welcome & framing
COcyber project context and objectives of the workshop
11:05 – 11:15 | Key findings from the policy & literature review
Presentation of main findings
11:15 – 11:35 | Interactive validation breakouts
What is accurate and robust in the review?
What is missing, overstated, or unclear?
Which three gaps most urgently require policy action?
11:35 – 11:50 | Feedback session
Moderators report from breakout groups
Mentimeter live input on most critical gaps
11:50 – 12:00 | Next steps & closing
How validation input will feed into draft policy recommendations
Timeline and invitation to Workshop #2
