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.

Meeting 11 – on the 19th of March of 2025 the members of the Cybersecurity TWG will meet to go over the next steps for the TWG, taking into account the new governance and strategic priorities.  

Previous meetings:

Meeting 10 – 19/02/2025: during this meeting, 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 –  16/01/2025: 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 26/11/2024 at 10:00 CET. The agenda is available here.

Meeting 8 – 06/11/2024

Meeting 7 – 14/10/2024

Meeting 6 – 30/09/2024   

Roundtable Session: 03/07/2024 - Online Roundtable Discussion on “EDIHs and NCCs: How to ensure cooperation between the networks? A look at use cases throughout Europe”

Meeting 5 – 03/07/2024

Meeting 4 – 16/05/2024

Meeting 3 – 12/04/2024

Meeting 2 – 08/03/2024

Meeting 1 – 27/02/2024: Kick-off meeting