Cyber Security for SMEs, local public administration and Individuals
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View on F&T portalEurope's SMEs, local public administration and citizens face particular challenges in addressing basic cyber security threats.
On one hand, in the case of SMEs and local public administration, their size and budgetary constraints often precludes them from putting in place highly granular organisational structures, retaining dedicated information security personnel and making significant investments in cybersecurity products or services.
Individuals, constantly portrayed as the "weakest link" face the daunting task of having to constantly adapt their behaviour at home and in the workplace and the way they use both their personal or work-related IT equipment and devices in order to avoid falling prey to the latest threats and techniques that malicious actors leverage against them.
Moreover, whether addressing SMEs, local public administrations or individuals, few cyber security solutions have been designed with the human factor in mind and therefore present severe limitations in their usability which hampers proper decision making and adequate usage.
Scope
Taking into consideration the adequate level of security commensurate with the considered use-case, proposals may address one of the following types of end-users:
- SMEs,
- local public administration,
- individual citizens.
To identify the most wide spread threats and cyber security issues facing end-users, proposals should take into account the guidance documents, best practices and standards issued by International Standardisation Organisations, technical forum and Member State Authorities which are tailored for SMEs or Individuals and actively contribute to their development or improvement.
Proposals should develop innovative solutions with a high degree of usability and automation while ensuring that the end-users retain an adequate degree of cyber situational awareness and control.
Factors going beyond technological solutions and focusing on psychological and behavioural factors (including gender) that affect cyber security at individual or organizational levels should be addressed.
Proposals are expected to validate their work through extensive end-user feedback and participation in the consortium where appropriate.
Proposals have to address the specific needs of the end-user, private and public security end users alike. Proposals are encouraged to include public security end-users and/or private end users.
The outcome of the proposals are expected to lead to development up to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 to 7; please see part G of the General Annexes.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU between EUR 3 and 4 million would allow these areas to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected Impact:- Increased competiveness of European ICT security products and services catering to the needs of SMEs, local public administrations and individuals.
- Increased resilience against widespread cyber security threats facing SMEs, local public administrations and individuals.
- Increased effectiveness of cybersecurity solutions through usability advancements and increased automation.
News flashes
An overview of the evaluation results (flash call info) is now available under the ‘Additional documents’ section on the topic pages.
A total of 160 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The number of proposals for each topic is shown below including the indicative budget of the topic:
DS-07-2017-RIA: 63 proposals (indicative budget: 10 M€);DS-07-2016-IA: 15 proposals (indicative budget: 8 M€);DS-08-2017: 82 proposals (indicative budget: 17.6 M€);
The evaluation of the proposals will start by mid-September and will be closed by the end of the year. Applicants will be informed on the outcome of the evaluations in mid-January 2018.
An overview of the evaluation results (called 'Flash Call Info') of the topic DS-06-2017of H2020-DS-LEIT-2017 call is now available here or under the 'Topic conditions & documents' section on the correspondant topic page.
The submission of proposals to the H2020-DS-LEIT-2017 call closed on 25 April 2017. 34 RIA proposals were submitted to this call's DS-06-2017 topic.
An overview of the evaluation results (flash call info) is now available under the tab ‘Call documents’ for DS-02, DS-04 and DS-05.
A total of 80 proposals were submitted in response to this call. The number of proposals for each topic is shown below including the indicative budget of the topic:
- DS-02-2016: 45 proposals (indicative budget: 22 M€);
- DS-04-2016: 22 proposals (indicative budget: 4 M€);
- DS-05-2016: 13 proposals (indicative budget: 3 M€);
The evaluation of the proposals is planned to start by mid-September 2016 and will be closed by the end of December 2016. Applicants will be informed on the outcome of the evaluations before the end of January 2017.
An overview of the evaluation results (flash call info) for the topic DS-01-2016 that closed on 12 April 2016 is now available here or under the ‘Topic conditions & documents’ section on each topic page.
A revised version of the Work programme has been adopted for 2016-2017 on July 25 2016. The main changes concern:
- New provisions on Open Access Data have been added for 2017 calls with an opening date on or after 26/07/2016.
- Topic title and long description have changed DS-07-2017, DS-08-2017.
- Budget has changed for DS-08-2017.
By the deadline of 12 April 2016, 17:00 CEST, 37 Proposals were submitted to topicDS-01-2016:• 28 Research & Innovation Actions (RIA)referring to "Assurance"• 4 are Innovation Actions (IA)referring to "Security Certification" and• 5 are Coordination & Support Actions (CSA),
Opening date: 2016-03-15 (10 years ago)
Closing date: 2016-08-25 (10 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 22,000,000
Expected grants: not specified
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