Updates

The Baltic Miltech Summit 2025 gathered Lithuanian defense, law enforcement, and tech actors to discuss wartime readiness, hybrid threats, and innovation in crisis response. The COcyber consortium used the event to explore collaboration opportunities, identifying information-sharing restrictions as a key obstacle.

In this interview, Team ALVAR, winners of the COcyber AI Cybersecurity Deephack — share how they built a scalable, AI-powered phishing detection system designed for both civilian and defense use. They reflect on the importance of modular design, real-time anomaly detection, and their next steps toward real-world deployment.

This edition presents our upcoming best practice consultation event, shares outcomes from the April AI Cybersecurity Deephack, features our participation at GITEX Europe, and highlights key developments from the wider cybersecurity landscape.

The COcyber AI Cybersecurity Deephack brought together students, professionals, and startup founders for a 48-hour challenge to design AI solutions against phishing threats. With dual-use applicability at its core, the event showcased innovative, ethical, and deployable tools bridging civilian and defence cybersecurity needs.

The European Commission has mobilised €910 million through the European Defence Fund and proposed new amendments to EU funding programmes to strengthen Europe's Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), with a focus on dual-use technologies like AI and cybersecurity.

COcyber took part in the GLACIATION event on digital sovereignty in Zurich, contributing to critical debates on trust, legal frameworks, and Europe's digital autonomy. The event brought together voices from policy, research, and technology to explore how Europe can align digital governance with sustainability and innovation.

COcyber participated in the InCyber Forum 2025 in Lille to present its approach to dual-use cybersecurity collaboration. Consortium partners were present at the EU Pavilion with booths and presentations, connecting with stakeholders and introducing the upcoming COcyber Deephack.

COcyber attended the "GRC: Be Connected! Lustrum Event" on March 27, 2025, in Brussels, which gathered experts in governance, risk, and compliance. The event featured panels and keynotes exploring cybersecurity trends, insightful governance metrics, and the evolving impact of AI.

The call for applications for Batch 2 of our COcyber Ambassador Programme is now open, with selected ambassadors active from June to November 2025. We are looking for cybersecurity experts from policy, research, industry, and civil society to boost outreach, share insights, and connect communities across Europe.

This edition presents our upcoming AI Cybersecurity Deephack, introduces the first cohort of COcyber Ambassadors, and shares insights from our collaboration needs assessment report.