ECCO

Brief description

Working within the scope and operations of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and the network of National Centres ECCO will coordinate and promote the work of the Cybersecurity Competence Community at the European Level.

Funded by the European Union, ECCO - "European Cybersecurity COmmunity" - began operations in 2023 and over the next two years aims to strengthen Europe’s leadership in cybersecurity, support network and information system resilience and reliability. It will also increase the global competitiveness and high standards of the EU’s cybersecurity industry to retain and develop cybersecurity technological and industrial capacities.

ECCO is led by ECSO (The European Cybersecurity Organisation) and backed by a pan-European consortium made up of 12 cybersecurity stakeholders & experts from the public and private sectors. 

Our Role

Within ECCO, Trust-IT is bringing its direct, long-lasting experience in managing community development through technologically advanced digital tools for numerous, high-profile organisations and pan-European initiatives and a team of highly-skilled, recognised professionals, to ensure a comprehensive and effective set of cross-disciplinary competencies that cover the delivery of the ECCO Observatory, marketplace and radar and support to the NCCs and ECCC primarily through their digital processes.

Trust-IT will lead three tasks specifically Task A3.1, “Cybersecurity Market Observatory”, Task A.4 “Cluster of European Cybersecurity projects” and Task A.5 “Cooperation with existing R&I initiatives in cybersecurity and privacy”. It will also contribute to several tasks including:

• Task B.4 – Mechanisms for the uptake of cybersecurity research results
• Task C.5 – Enhancement of online presence of the NCCs and support to the Cybersecurity Atlas

Impact

• The design and implementation of the Market Observatory, an analytical platform designed to provide comprehensive insights into the European cybersecurity market. Its primary purpose is to gather, harmonize, and present data from various sources to offer a detailed and coherent view of the cybersecurity landscape across EU member states. The Observatory targets a broad audience, including policymakers, industry leaders, investors, and academic researchers. 
• The continuation of the Cyberwatching.eu Project Radar activities which provides an interactive “birds-eye” view of the complete collection of EU-funded projects in the cybersecurity space.
• Clustering of the cybersecurity R&I projects for cooperation and dissemination activities.
• Technical support for the management of the ECCC website.

Funding

ECCO (European Cybersecurity COmmunity) has received funding under a contract with the European Union.