Digital Europe: Strengthening the SOC Ecosystem

Status2 - Open for application
ThemeCyber awareness - knowledge and skills - human capitalCyber risk managementImplementation of - EU - cybersecurity legislationArtificial intelligence and automation of cybersecuritySystem and chain securitySecurity Operations Center (SOC)Secure and robust connectivity
Organisation typeLarge enterpriseEducational institutionResearch institutionGovernment agencyFoundation / non-profit
Development phaseTRL 1-3 Research phaseTRL 4-6 Development phaseTRL 7-8 Deployment phase

This Digital Europe subsidy contributes to strengthening Security Operations Centres (SOCs) linked to national SOCs. The aim is to achieve closer cooperation between local, national and international SOCs. The exchange of data will enable better detection of cyber threats.

Practical information

Application period: 4 July 2024 - 21 January 2025 17:00 CET
Budget: €2 million
Expected number of projects funded: 1
Estimated project duration: 36 months
Subsidy programme: Digital Europe

Conditions

Funded projects should also ensure greater involvement, including from the private sector, and better cooperation. This should contribute to a joint EU knowledge base on cyber threats and technological independence.

Projects should contribute to one or more of the following goals:

Activities and technical frameworks that improve cooperation and interconnection between SOC platforms and national SOCs and stimulate connections between national SOCs and other SOCs at a national level.
Support cooperation and coordination of SOC platforms, not only between different SOC platforms across borders but also between national SOCs and other SOCs.
Strengthen links between the public sector and industry. In addition, encourage the mutually beneficial exchange of information, tools and data and the exchange of knowledge and training opportunities.
Strengthen links between SOCs and industrial stakeholders in artificial intelligence and other enabling technologies, promoting adopting such technologies, including AI techniques.
Engage stakeholders from the High-Performance Computing stakeholder community and practitioners of pioneering AI technologies in SOC activities, collaborations, services and developments.

Read more about this call on the European Commission's Funding & Tender Portal (Topic-ID DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-07-SOCSYS).

Submission criteria

Submitting in a consortium is not mandatory. However, we recommend you to consider submitting in a consortium. This is because the description of the subsidy states that a consortium proposal can increase the impact of the action.