Needs assessment for civil-defence cybersecurity cooperation

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.

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.