Digital Security Authority announced its collaboration with PHOENI2X

The Digital Security Authority of Cyprus (DSA) has announced its collaboration with PHOENI2X, a groundbreaking project aimed at strengthening Europe’s cybersecurity landscape by enhancing cyber situational awareness, response strategies, and resilience.

“This partnership reflects the DSA's commitment to safeguarding national critical infrastructures against evolving cyber threats and fostering a safer digital environment for all citizens,” DSA said on its LinkedIn page.

The PHOENI2X 7th Plenary Meeting was held on 1-2 October in Braunschweig, Germany, hosted by AEGIS. The meeting's main objectives were to present and evaluate the business continuity plans developed for the three use cases of the project and to finalise the development and validation specifications for the integration of the PHOENI2X framework into the three testbeds, covering the energy, transport, and health sectors.

Additionally, the meeting included technical discussions on the progress of the PHOENI2X framework components within the context of WP3 and WP4, along with a review of the project's recent innovation, dissemination, exploitation, and standardisation activities.

Funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, PHOENI2X brings together a consortium of leading cybersecurity experts, institutions, and organisations across Europe. Its primary mission is to revolutionise the way organisations prepare for and respond to cyberattacks by leveraging advanced situational awareness tools, automation, and decision-making technologies. The project's approach is grounded in the principles of cybersecurity-by-design and privacy-by-design, ensuring that robust security measures are embedded into the digital systems from the outset.

DSA’s involvement in the project is mainly as a supervisory authority responsible for overseeing its regulatory and technical aspects in regards to NIS/NI2 compliance. It serves as a key contributor to the project’s impact, standardisation, and outreach. Furthermore, it plays a pivotal role in the validation and cross-validation of PHOENI²X use case in healthcare from a National Authority perspective, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of cybersecurity excellence and applicability to real-world scenarios.

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Phoeni2x project partners

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

Aegis

Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation & Digital Policy of Cyprus

George Michaelides

Petros Galides

Diamandis ZAFEIRIADES