Coordinated preparedness testing and other preparedness actions

Expected Outcome:

The types of deliverables are presented in two parts.

The first part covers:

• Enhanced cooperation, preparedness and cybersecurity resilience in the EU; preparedness support services.
• Threat assessment and risk assessment services.

The second part covers:

• Risk monitoring services
• Better compliance, coordinated vulnerability disclosure and monitoring
• Improved skills, via exercises and training courses, organisation of events, workshops. Stakeholder consultations and white papers.

Objective:

This action covers two actions from the Cyber Solidarity Act, dedicated to the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism, namely (1) coordinated preparedness testing of entities operating in sectors of high criticality across the Union and (2) other preparedness actions for entities operating in sectors of high criticality and other critical sectors.

Objectives

These actions aim 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 critical industrial installations and infrastructures, by assisting Member States in their efforts to improve their preparedness for cyber threats and incidents by providing them with knowledge and expertise.

Proposals should contribute to achieving at least one of the following objectives:

• (part 1) Coordinated preparedness testing of entities operating in sectors of high criticality across the Union (including penetration testing and threat assessment) considering ICT as well as Operational Technology/Industrial Control Systems.
• (part 2) Other preparedness actions for entities operating in sectors of high criticality and other critical sectors (i.e. vulnerability monitoring, exercises and training courses).

Trimmed here, the full scope, expected outcomes and award criteria are on the official topic page ↗.