Funding is offered to projects around cyber resilience and critical infrastructure security.
A new round of investment from the European Union could see funding handed to cybersecurity and educational programs.
As reported by SC US, the European commission said the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) work program - announced on Friday - would include a €1.3 billion earmark for programs based around artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and digital skills.
The plan calls for a series of investments between 2025 and 2027 to fund projects around, amongst other things, cyber resilience and critical infrastructure security, including healthcare providers and undersea cable installations.
Additionally, the earmarked funds could go to the funding of AI projects around cybersecurity and educational programs that would teach data security, amongst other skills.
“Cybersecurity solutions such as the EU Cybersecurity Reserve will improve the resilience and security of critical infrastructures including hospitals and submarine cables,” the commission said in announcing the initiative.
In order to qualify for the funding, companies will need to have a base in an EU member state, something that could put companies from the U.S. and UK in a bit of a predicament given their nations’ recent frosty relations with the continent.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
