Research & Innovation
From Research
to Real-World Defence
We bridge the gap between Cybersecurity
research and operational impact.
Through active participation in grant-based projects, we build tools, trainings, and services that give defenders an edge – from the SOC floor to the classroom.
Our Research inspires our products.
Our Success Stories:
Each of these is operational, deployable, and designed for real environments.
- Attack Surface Assessment - A multi-layer exposure mapping service enriched with CVEs and MITRE DAO
- BLUE GENTAI - A Sentinel-integrated generative AI assistant for ATT&CK-based creation of detections
- CyberGate - A multiplayer game teaching MITRE ATT&CK through hands-on adversary simulation
from idea pitch collaboration – to execution!
What are we researching?
Advanced Cyber Ranges
Key Points:
- Cyber Range deployment methodologies
- ICS & IOT Device Simulation
- Scenario-Driven Adversary Emulation
- Dynamic Generation
- Automation & DevSecOps
- Iterative Emulation Environments
Educational Modalities & Delivery Systems for Cybersecurity Education
Key Points:
- Modern approaches to cybersecurity education
- Gamified Learning
- Integration of AI as an adversarial or assistive tool
- Adversary Emulation
- Assessment through competency-based testing
- Scenario-based threat simulations
Detection Engineering Methodologies
Key Points:
- Methodologies for systems-driven generation of detection rulesets
- APT-facing approaches to threat management
- Integration and deployments on industry-standard tools
- OSCTI and Big Data algorithms
- Advancing the usage of open-source frameworks, such as ATT&CK
Cybersecurity for Critical & Civilian Infrastructures
Key Points:
- ICS & OT-specific threat modeling
- Risk scenarios in energy, transport, maritime sectors
- Federated incident simulation for national security use cases
- Integration with real-world telemetry (e.g., SCADA emulation)
- Standards alignment (e.g., NIS2, IEC 62443)
Research Projects
Successfully Funded Ideas
Creating a unified defence ecosystem with autonomous AI systems, blockchain-secured communications, and GPS-independent operations
HARPIA is an exciting new project that has just been greenlit.
Stay tuned for more information!
Start Date: November 2025 - End Date: May 2028
Building a modular cybersecurity framework that unifies technology, people, and process to improve organizational resilience and enable rapid incident response.
Cyber Synchrony brings forward a holistic modular framework of pioneering technologies to cultivate resilient cybersecurity infrastructures.
The project lays significant emphasis on rapid incident response, building tools for enhanced preparedness and mutual assistance, providing an efficient counter to cyber threats.
Start Date: Jul 2024 - End Date: May 2027
Developing hands-on cybersecurity training programs to bridge the gap between academic learning and market-ready skills.
17 EU Higher Education Institutions, 13 security companies from 16 different Member States came forward to form the agile consortium of CyberSecPro.
The project established a pan-European theoretical and practical, hands-on training program that will complement, support and advance existing Cybersecurity Education programs.
Start Date: Jun 2023 - End Date: Dec 2025
Empowering SMEs with affordable cybersecurity and privacy tools through unified architectures and compliance intelligence.
SENTINEL bridges industry gaps in security and data protection practices of European SMEs/MEs by boosting their capabilities, by raising awareness, and by providing quality services through innovative, cost-saving modalities.
The project integrates industry-standard technologies into a unified digital architecture, and applies innovative methodologies for compliance, knowledge sharing, and data protection at the business and operational level.
Start Date: Jun 2021 - End Date: May 2024
Improving supply chain resilience through dynamic cyber risk assessment and conformity evaluation frameworks.
CYRENE addresses issues in the security, privacy, resilience, accountability and trustworthiness of Supply Chains through the provision of a novel and dynamic Conformity Assessment Procedures.
The project plans to evaluates the security and resilience of supply chain services, the interconnected IT infrastructures composing these services and the individual devices that support the operations of the SCs.
Start Date: Oct 2020 - End Date: Sep 2023
Enhancing threat detection and privacy-respecting information sharing across healthcare critical infrastructures.
AI4HEALTHSEC enhances cyber-attack detection and threat analysis in Critical Infrastructures of Healthcare organizations.
The project directly increases cybersecurity awareness among health operators and builds their capabilities to respond to breaches.