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Testing and Certification Capabilities
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Location:EU 27
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Grantmaking entity: European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (formerly DG for Information Society & Media)
Grantmaking entity type:Development Institution
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May 15, 2023 12:01:54 PM
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Dec 13, 2022 8:49:29 AM
NB: Please be aware of the update in the call document relevant to topic. DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03-SOC - Capacity building of Security Operation Centres.This update only concerns said topic.
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Nov 15, 2022 12:00:01 AM
The submission session is now available for: DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03-TEST-CERT-CAPABILTIES(DIGITAL-JU-GFS)
Nov 14, 2022 2:42:15 PM
Call DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03 on Cybersecurity and Trust has opened for submission today. Please note that the call document complements the WP and is valid for all the topics contained in the call document.
This call has 7 topics. In the coming few days, one topic: DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03-SOC (capacity building of Security Operations Centres) of the call document will incorporate an update which shall be published as an amendment to the call document. Please note that the amendment will only affect the topic on capacity building of Security Operation Centres (SOCs).
Sep 29, 2022 10:27:51 AM
Please note that the opening of the call has been postponed to 15th of November 2022.
The deadline has also been postponed and it is now set to Wednesday 15th of February 2023 at 17:00hrs Brussels time.
Testing and Certification Capabilities
TOPIC ID: DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03-TEST-CERT-CAPABILTIES
Programme: Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Work programme part: Digital Europe Work Programme 2021-2022
Call: Cybersecurity and Trust (DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03)
Work programme year: DIGITAL-2021-2022
Type of action: DIGITAL-JU-GFS DIGITAL JU Grants for Financial Support
Type of MGA: DIGITAL Action Grant Budget-Based [DIGITAL-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 29 September 2022
Deadline date: 24 January 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time
Topic description
ExpectedOutcome:
Outcomes and deliverables
The funding is expected to:
- Strengthen national cybersecurity certification authorities, conformity assessment bodies and accreditation bodies.
- Improve the cybersecurity and interoperability testing capabilities in all Member States, including in the area of 5G disaggregated and open solutions.
- Support SMEs to audit their infrastructure in view of improving their cybersecurity protection.
- Support actions in the area of standardisation.
The objective of this topic is to increase and facilitate security and interoperability testing capabilities and certification of connected ICT systems. This aims to improve the capabilities and cooperation of cybersecurity certification stakeholders in line with the objectives of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 (“Cybersecurity Act”).
Scope:Funding will be available for activities aiming to:
- Support capacity building for national cybersecurity certification authorities, conformity assessment bodies and accreditation bodies including for thread-led penetration testing; e.g. for the acquisition of certification testbeds; exchange of best practices and staff trainings; deploy innovative evaluation methods for specific ICT products or components; support standardisation actions (e.g. creation of protection profiles or adoption/improvement of standards used in certification schemes). This shall take into account activities in National Coordination Centres where relevant.
- Support SMEs to test and certify ICT products, ICT services or ICT process they sell. The priority will be given to proposals demonstrating a positive impact in sectors affected by the COVID-19 crisis (e.g. health sector).
- Provide support for SME users of ICT equipment to audit their infrastructures in term of cybersecurity resilience.
- Support standardisation actions (e.g. creation of protection profiles or adoption/improvement of standards used in certification schemes), taking into account activities by European and international standardisation organisations as appropriate.
- Support cyber-security and interoperability testing capabilities on 5G disaggregated and open solutions.
Where relevant, support will focus on certification schemes under the Cybersecurity Act, while it could also be available for technical areas not yet covered by schemes under the Cybersecurity Act.
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EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.
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