ADVANCED VALIDATION AND TESTING ENVIRONMENT FOR ENHANCING THE EU HW AND SW VULNERABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND SECURITY BASED ON INNOVATIVE AI SERVICEScore
ATHENA · Horizon Europe grant · 2025-10-01–2028-09-30
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01 · scheme HORIZON-IA · topic HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
ATHENA will bring a flexible and scalable Cyber-security solution for being used by SW&HW manufacturers, including microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), organizations CISOs and cyber-security personnel. This solution will allow the above-mentioned stakeholders to test, validate and ensuring their SW&HW products compliance with the new EU mandatory security requirements (CRA) and its readiness for certification following the schemes proposed by the EU Cyber-security Act Certification Framework (CACF). In addition, this solution will include a security engineering dedicated tool to guarantee the reliability of new SW&HW from the early development phases and its compliance with both, the EU mandatory essential requirements for the security of products with digital elements stated in the new EU harmonised legislation (e.g. Cyber Resilient Act (CRA) , NIS2 , Data Act ) and the stakeholders own security needs. Furthermore, several innovative security services based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) along with a cutting-edge automatic vulnerabilities detection and assessment toolset will be developed and integrated in the ATHENA solution for ensuring the continuous SW&HW products security assessment and protection against complex cyber threats.
Beneficiaries (12)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIBER TIEMPO REAL SISTEMAS S.L. | ES | coordinator | €653,100 | Yes |
| NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | NO | participant | €558,125 | |
| ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS | EL | participant | €490,322 | |
| EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON | EL | participant | €486,250 | |
| FAV INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGIES COOP. V. | ES | participant | €449,225 | Yes |
| ITTI SP ZOO | PL | participant | €448,962 | Yes |
| ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA | ES | participant | €410,769 | |
| CYBERSOCIAL LAB SRL IMPRESA SOCIALE | IT | participant | €387,500 | Yes |
| FUNDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA PARA LA INVESTIGACION, PROMOCION Y ESTUDIOS COMERCIALES DE VALENCIAPORT | ES | participant | €351,125 | Yes |
| SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ - PRZEMYSLOWY INSTYTUT AUTOMATYKI I POMIAROW PIAP | PL | participant | €323,375 | |
| CATONE LOGISTICA S.R.L. | IT | participant | €322,000 | |
| SOUTH ENGINEERING SRL | IT | participant | €309,400 | Yes |
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