COcyber concluded two years of collaboration with its final General Assembly and Final Conference in Brussels, bringing partners and cybersecurity experts together to reflect on results, legacy and future cooperation. Discussions focused on Europe’s unified cyber shield, policy to practice, safeguarding democracy and dual-use cyber innovation.

COcyber hosted a Cross Project Exploitation Workshop on 18 June 2026, bringing together six European cybersecurity projects to exchange on exploitation pathways, compliance requirements and opportunities for cross project synergies. The discussions will contribute to recommendations supporting stronger alignment between Key Exploitable Results and their path to impact.

CYNERGY 2026 brought Europe’s cybersecurity community to Bucharest to exchange on digital resilience, skills, compliance and dual use innovation. COcyber contributed with the panel How Europe Can Lead on Dual Use Innovation, focusing on technology transfer, information sharing and civil defence cooperation.

The 28DIGITAL Regional Committee and COcyber deep dive session brought together representatives from defence, academia, funding bodies and regional innovation ecosystems to discuss how the findings of the Spain National Case Study can help strengthen collaboration and support a resilient dual use innovation ecosystem.

In this episode of Cyber Duality: A COcyber Podcast, we speak with Ana-Maria Matejic, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor at WhiteLabelConsultancy, about the human factor in cybersecurity.

The Lithuanian White Paper provides a critical assessment of the nation's national cybersecurity ecosystem and the barriers that stand between compliance and genuine protection.

COcyber’s success story on CyberNEMO highlights how to address cybersecurity and trust challenges emerging across increasingly interconnected IoT, Edge and Cloud environments by developing end-to-end protection for critical infrastructures and digital supply chains.

More than 30 participants joined COcyber's session on European Defence Fund opportunities, dual use innovation and consortium building. The discussions highlighted practical pathways for organisations seeking to access European defence funding and strengthen cross sector cooperation.

COcyber’s success story on ENSEMBLE highlights how AI powered investigation tools, specialised training programmes, secure information sharing mechanisms and public awareness activities can support law enforcement authorities, prosecutors and judicial actors in tackling cybercrime more effectively.

COcyber’s success story on SPECTRO highlights how Europe’s shortage of skilled professionals in cybersecurity and robotics can be solved by developing specialised education programmes that combine technical expertise with innovation and entrepreneurship.