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Needs assessment for civil-defence cybersecurity cooperation

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Where the two communities actually need each other — and where they do not.
Outcome Type
Report
Lens
Dual-use
Source Organisation
COcyber consortium (WP2)
What it is
A survey-based study mapping where civilian and defence cybersecurity actors across Europe see a real, operational need to coordinate, share information or co-develop capabilities — and where they prefer to operate separately.
Why it matters
Most policy debate on civil-defence cybersecurity cooperation works from assumptions. This outcome replaces those assumptions with evidence: which stakeholders actually want to talk to each other, on what topics, and under which conditions. It gives the European Commission, ECCC and Member States a baseline to design future joint initiatives, and gives industry a clearer picture of where dual-use opportunities are welcome rather than imposed.
Release Date
Target Audiences
National authorities
EU institutions
Research & Academia
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.cocyber.d22
Licence
CC BY 4.0
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radix

Short name
radix
Profile type
Organisation
Country
Organisation type
SME
Contact name
davide carboni
User role in organisation
Project Manager
Compliance badges
Register of the Certified Defence-related Enterprises / eLi-CERTIDER
Profile completeness
80%

CURIUM

Project ID
101190372
Acronym
CURIUM
Topic
DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-COMPLIANCECRA
End date
Dual use score
1.00
Coordinator
Cybersecurity LTD - Kristian Ravic
Status
ongoing
Financing (million €)
2.48

SPECTRO

Project ID
101123118
Acronym
SPECTRO
Topic
DIGITAL-2022-SKILLS-03-SPECIALISED-EDU
End date
Dual use score
1.00
Coordinator
28DIGITAL
Status
ongoing
Financing (million €)
4.99
The COcyber Policy-Oriented Workshop on Preliminary Policy Recommendations advanced the project’s policy validation process by gathering cybersecurity stakeholders to refine practical recommendations for stronger civil–defence cyber cooperation in Europe.