Eurecat participates in a collaborative network to boost European cybersecurity.

The Eurecat technology center participates in the SPARTA collaboration network, which will develop and implement cooperative actions in research and innovation to advance European cybersecurity in areas such as healthcare, energy, finance, transport, and industry.

The SPARTA project’s main objective is to promote key innovations in this field, provide the necessary resources to improve and strengthen the cybersecurity of European industry, and rethink the way innovation, research, and training are carried out in the cybersecurity sector in the European Union, based on the creation of a network of leading centers in digital security.

“Cybersecurity is a necessity for business competitiveness and an opportunity for specialization in a field with great future potential, which until now has been mainly driven by American and Asian companies,” explains Juan Caubet, director of Eurecat’s IT&OT Security Unit.

Specifically, Eurecat’s IT & OT Security Unit will develop tasks for the application of artificial intelligence to cybersecurity, such as intelligent incident and threat management and the convergence of physical and logical security in the automotive sector.

Within the framework of the project, four research and innovation programs will be developed to offer advanced solutions to address emerging challenges. SPARTA’s areas of work will focus on basic human needs, such as health; economic activities, energy, finance, and transportation; technologies, ICT and industrial processes; and e-government and public administration.

The project, led by the European Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies (CEA) (France), has a consortium of 44 partners from 14 countries. SPARTA is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program.

Network Projects
In addition to the SPARTA project, the European Commission has launched three additional pilot projects with the aim of promoting cybersecurity in the European Union and addressing future cybersecurity challenges with a more secure single digital market.

CONCORDIA, ECHO, SPARTA, and CyberSec4Europe are the four pilot projects approved by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 program for the development of the European Cybersecurity Competence Network.