We take on EU-funded research projects that can end up as working tools for defenders. We work alongside universities, research centres and industry partners across Europe, and publish what we learn.
Our research concentrates on four areas, each linked to the training and services we deliver.
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Realistic, repeatable environments for exercises and validation: deployment methodologies, ICS and IoT simulation, adversary emulation and automation.
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How cyber practitioners learn best: gamified learning, AI as an adversary or an assistant, and skills-based assessment.
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Generating detection rulesets systematically, managing APT threats, and deploying the results on industry-standard tools mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.
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ICS/OT threat modelling and risk scenarios for energy, transport and maritime, where a disruption stops essential services. Aligned with NIS2 and IEC 62443.
A mix of Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and European Defence Fund (EDF) projects.
Dec 2025 – Nov 2028
An integrated defence ecosystem combining autonomous AI systems, blockchain-secured communications and GPS-independent operations, built on a modular architecture for rapid deployment.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s European Defence Fund (EDF) under Grant Agreement No. 101224172.
Our role
HARPIA-Defence
We lead the early design work, from gathering user requirements to defining the HERMES-Hub architecture. We then contribute to building the prototype, lead the interoperability testing of its components, and run the training that prepares operators, maintainers and cybersecurity specialists to use the system.
Jul 2024 – May 2027
A modular framework unifying technology, people and process to strengthen organisational resilience and incident response capability.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) under Grant Agreement No. 101158555.
Our role
CYberSynchrony
We coordinate and support the implementation of advanced technologies and secure processes, integrating tools for threat detection, secure communication and incident response. We also mentor the winners of the project's open call.
Jun 2023 – Feb 2026
27 partners from across Europe, including universities, companies and quality assurance bodies, building hands-on, working-life training that connects university teaching with the skills employers need.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) under Grant Agreement No. 101083594.
Our role
CyberSecPro
We contributed to running the professional training programme and to its evaluation and benchmarking. Our training platforms hosted live cyber defence exercises, with blue teams defending a virtual network against red team attacks, and tabletop exercises testing incident response at executive and technical level.
Jun 2025 – Jan 2026
AI-driven threat detection with VR cyber defence simulation in smart home and manufacturing contexts, benchmarked against established SIEM tooling.
This project has received funding from the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (2021–2027) under grant agreement No 101120779.
Our role
DomeSentinel
We coordinated DomeSentinel with Plaixus, under the CyberSecDome open call. Using our cyber ranges, we simulated attacks in smart home and manufacturing environments to benchmark CyberSecDome's AI-driven detection and response against Microsoft Sentinel and Wazuh.
Jun 2021 – May 2024
Helped European SMEs and micro-enterprises close their security, privacy and data protection gap, with automated GDPR compliance, identity management and threat detection in one framework.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 101021659.
Our role
SENTINEL
We led three tasks: integrating and deploying the platform's cybersecurity components, building the module that drafts tailor-made security policies for each SME, and preparing the pilots and experimentation protocol for real-life trials.
Oct 2020 – Sep 2023
Supply chain resilience through dynamic cyber risk assessment and conformity evaluation across interconnected IT infrastructures.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 952690.
Our role
CYRENE
We brought our risk management expertise to developing the CYRENE methodologies and designing the system's risk assessment functions. We also helped plan the pilots, define scenarios and test cases, evaluate the results, and plan industrial dissemination and exploitation.
Oct 2020 – Dec 2023
Improved cyber-attack detection in healthcare critical infrastructures, raising awareness and breach response capability across the sector.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement 883273.
Our role
AI4HEALTHSEC
We led the work package on the self-organised swarm intelligence system. We also helped specify the platform architecture, designed and developed the dynamic cyber situational awareness framework, and contributed to dissemination.
