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Preparedness Support and Mutual Assistance, Targeting Larger Industrial Operations and Installations

TOPIC ID: DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-07-LARGEOPER

Type of grant: Call for proposals

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

• preparedness support services
• threat assessment and risk assessment services
• risk monitoring services

Objective:

This mechanism aims to complement and not duplicate efforts by Member States and those at Union level to increase the level of protection and resilience to cyber threats, in particular for large industrial installations and infrastructures, by assisting Member States in their efforts to improve the preparedness for cyber threats and incidents by providing them with knowledge and expertise.

Scope:

The provision of preparedness support services (ex-ante) shall include activities listed below, addressing for example large industrial installations or infrastructures, operators of essential services, digital service providers and governmental entities:

Support for testing for potential vulnerabilities:

• Development of penetration testing scenarios. The proposed scenarios may cover Networks, Applications, Virtualisation solutions, Cloud solutions, Industrial Control systems, and IoT.
• Support for conducting testing of essential entities operating critical infrastructure for potential vulnerabilities.
• Support the deployment of digital tools and infrastructures supporting the execution of testing scenarios and for conducting exercises such as the development of standardised cyber-ranges or other testing facilities, able to mimic features of critical sectors (e.g., energy sector, transport sector etc.) to facilitate the execution of cyber-exercises, in particular within cross-border scenarios where relevant.
• Evaluation and/or testing of MS cybersecurity capabilities (including capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to incidents).
• Consulting services, providing recommendations on how to improve infrastructure security and capabilities

Please, visit the following page to get more information regarding this call:https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1317901/preparedness-support-and-mutual-assistance-targeting-larger-industrial-operations-and-installations?useNavigation=true