Cybersecurity

The goal of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) is to promote cybersecurity as the precondition and basis for a successful digitalisation, support advancements in boosting cybersecurity postures, and support local cybersecurity ecosystems. Given the key position of SMEs on the European digital economy, the focus of the TWG will be on supporting their secure digital transformation. 

The core objectives of this TWG are:

• Drafting a common cybersecurity maturity assessment method to support the Digital Maturity Assessment;

• Define and implement best practices to support and incentivize the implementation of cybersecurity measures and controls;

• Collaborate on common strategies to facilitate compliance with the ever-evolving cybersecurity regulatory landscape;

• Exchanging best practices to address commonly defined challenges: skill gaps, resource shortages;

• Meeting SME expectations by fostering cross-border services and contributing to redirecting SMEs between the EDIH Network.

In addition, this TWG will benefit EDIHs by:

• Engaging EDIHs in a formal community to facilitate international collaboration through a designated platform (e.g. Signal);

• Mapping the different services provided by EDIHs on cybersecurity according to a common service catalogue;

• Providing peer-to-peer and external webinars, workshops, and training targeted at increasing EDIHs service quality and offering.

• Fostering knowledge and best-practice exchange among EDIHs;

• Integrating EDIHs in the broader cybersecurity ecosystem, promoting their services and engaging them with SMEs, European institutions, national administrations, and regional authorities.

The next WG meeting will be announced to the TWG members and advertised on this page.

Previous meetings:

Meeting 11 – on the 19th of March of 2025 the members of the Cybersecurity TWG met to dicuss new working group priorities, the updated shared calendar, and the development of the new Action Plan for 2025.

Meeting 10 –  during this meeting on the 19th of February, 2025 the TWG members defined their three main priorities and selected the two new EDIH representatives to lead the efforts for the selected initiatives. 

Meeting 9 –  on the 16th of January participants had the opportunity to discuss the new priorities and strategies for the new year. 

The Cybersecurity TWG members met prior to the EDIH Network Summit 2024 in Brussels, on the 26th of November, to present and discuss the main developments within the working group, elaborate on future priorities, and foster engagement and collaboration between EDIHs. The agenda is available here.

Meeting 8 – 06/11/2024

Meeting 7 – 14/10/2024

Meeting 6 – 30/09/2024   

Roundtable Session on the 3rd of July, 2024 - Online Roundtable Discussion on “EDIHs and NCCs: How to ensure cooperation between the networks? A look at use cases throughout Europe”

Meeting 5 – this meeting  on the 3rd of July, 2024, was dedicated to providing updates on group activities, in regards to communication channels, workflow of activities, and upcoming events, specifically the EDIH-NCC online roundtable. 

Meeting 4 – during this meeting, on the 16th of May, 2024, the group discussed the adoption of Teams as the communication channel, the allocation of tasks to each EDIH and the details on upcoming webinars. 

Meeting 3 – the third meeting took place on the 12th of April, 2024, this session provided an overview of the working group and was an opportunity for participants to further discuss details on working priorities, upcoming webinars and the shared calendar of events.

Meeting 2 – the TWG met the 8th of March, 2024, to introduce the elected EDIH Chair, discuss working group priorities, establish the TWG structure, and plan the organisation of webinars and meetings. 

Meeting 1 –  on the 27th of February of 2024 the members of the Cybersecurity TWG met for the first time, during the kick-off meeting, to not only, talk through the EDIH Chair election process, but also, to discuss community rules, best practices and working priorities.