In collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), we would like to bring two interesting collaboration opportunities to your attention. We do so with the aim of fostering international cooperation and knowledge exchange, which are essential to accelerating innovation and strengthening organisations in an increasingly competitive and technology-driven landscape.

This time, we would like to highlight two offers from Spain. These opportunities present potential for collaboration in areas such as technological development, knowledge sharing, and market access, and may be of particular interest to organisations looking to enhance their innovation capacity or explore new international partnerships.

Slovak cybersecurity company offers advanced cyber range for resilience testing, validation and training in European research projects

A Slovak company specialising in cybersecurity provides an advanced cyber range environment for technology validation and skills development. Complex digital systems, particularly in defence and critical infrastructure, require robust testing and validation in realistic, controlled environments to ensure their resilience against sophisticated cyber threats. Furthermore, operators and security teams need practical, hands-on training to effectively respond to incidents.

The company operates a sophisticated CyberRange that facilitates large-scale, realistic simulations of cyber-attacks. This environment is used to conduct validation of new technologies, stress-test infrastructure, perform red and blue team exercises, and deliver practical training for cybersecurity professionals.

Expected role of a partner

• Type of partner: Industrial company, research organisation, university, or public authority.
• Role of partner: Consortium coordinator or an established consortium looking for a partner with specialised cybersecurity validation, testing, and training capabilities.
• Area of activity: Defence technology, critical infrastructure protection, disaster-resilient societies, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity research and development.
• Type & size of partner: Any size

You can find more information about the call here!

Digital Europe TRUNSPORT partner sought for transport cybersecurity incident investigation

A Greek technology SME specialising in data-driven software and cybersecurity is seeking a transport-sector partner for the TRUNSPORT Open Call 1, funded under the EU’s Digital Europe Programme. The project aims to adapt and validate a cybersecurity incident investigation solution in a real-world transport environment, combining data from multiple security tools and exploring AI-assisted analysis to support incident investigation and response. The selected partner will provide a relevant transport use case, operational expertise and access to an appropriate environment, data or infrastructure for testing and validation. The call offers funding of up to €60,000 per project, with a maximum implementation period of nine months.

Expected Role of a Partner

The partner will contribute the transport-sector perspective needed to adapt and validate the security incident investigation solution in a real operational context. In particular, the partner is expected to:

• Jointly define a concrete transport cybersecurity use case and the operational and cybersecurity requirements to be addressed;
• provide relevant domain expertise on transport operations, systems, assets and workflows;
• facilitate, where permitted, access to suitable data, systems, devices, vehicles, infrastructure or a comparable pilot environment for testing;
• support the identification and interpretation of relevant security events and data sources;
• participate in the integration, testing and validation of the adapted solution in the selected use case;
• contribute to the evaluation of results, usability and operational relevance and help identify requirements for potential further deployment.

You can find more information about the call here!

About Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) supports organisations within the HSD ecosystem in technology innovation, research collaboration and access to funding. EEN is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises with international ambitions, helping organisations develop innovative technologies and bring them to international markets.

Through EEN, companies, knowledge institutions and public organisations gain access to international R&D partnerships, technology scouting and collaboration opportunities within European innovation ecosystems. The network also provides guidance on European funding programmes, including collaborative R&D projects, innovation funding and scale-up support.

EEN provides opportunities to connect with trusted international partners, enabling technology development, strengthening research cooperation and supporting access to finance within the cybersecurity domain across Europe

Contact

For more information, please contact Herman Hartgers via Herman.hartgers@rvo.nl or 31 6 46748105

Photo: Istock.com/Valentyna Kryshtofor