The Cyber Competence Network, comprising the four pilots CyberSec4Europe, SPARTA, CONCORDIA and ECHO, organised a two-day concertation event from 9-11 December hosted online with the friendly support of the Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU.
The event highlighted to the European cybersecurity stakeholder community the progress that has been made in harnessing European expertise and resources in the broader context of the proposed legislation relating to a European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and a Network of National Coordination Centres.
The program outline consisted of an introductory evening session with welcome addresses from the four pilot coordinators followed by a high-level panel discussion. The next one and a half days provided each pilot the opportunity to demonstrate their achievements and results to date through videos, presentations, tools, panel discussions, and also featured a series of focus groups that showcased the cooperation between the pilots on certain related cybersecurity topics.
All the CONVERGENCE sessions were recorded and can be found here.
See also the two articles on the European Commission’s Newsroom:
- CONVERGENCE: Making The European Cybersecurity Competence Network A Reality
- CONVERGENCE: a must-attend for the cybersecurity stakeholder community!
Focus Groups
Each focus group provided a short general introduction for those not acquainted with the subject area. The featured focus groups areas were:
- Communications
- Cyber ranges
- Education
- Governance
- JRC Cybersecurity Atlas
- Roadmapping
- Threat intelligence in the financial sector
Agenda
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
18:30 Welcome: Hessen Representation
- Mark Weinmeister, Secretary of State for European Affairs of the State of Hessen
18:40 Welcome: Four pilot coordinators
- Florent Kirchner, SPARTA
- Wim Mees, ECHO
- Sotiris Ioannidis, CONCORDIA
- Kai Rannenberg, CyberSec4Europe
19:00-20:30 Panel discussion
- Rasmus Andresen, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur Cybersecurity Competence Network Centre Regulation
- Despina Spanou, Head of Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas
- Andreas Könen, Head of Department Cybersecurity and Information Security in the German Ministry of the Interior (for the German Presidency)
- Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor
- Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho, Head of Unit Cybersecurity Technology and Capacity Building, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Moderator: David Goodman, CyberSec4Europe
Thursday, 10 December 2020
09:00 Introduction, Kai Rannenberg, CyberSec4Europe
- 09:15 CONCORDIA session
- 10:00 CyberSec4Europe session
10:45 Break
- 11:15 ECHO session
- 12:00 SPARTA session
12:45 Break
15:15 Break
- 15:45 Education Focus Group
- 16:30 Cyber range Focus Group
17:15 Summary of the day, Sotiris Ioannidis, CONCORDIA
Friday, 11 December 2020
09:00 Introduction, Wim Mees, ECHO
10:45 Break
- 11:15 Governance Focus Group
12:00 Panel discussion
- Gabi Dreo Rodosek, CONCORDIA
- Kai Rannenberg, CyberSec4Europe
- Wim Mees, ECHO
- Thibaud Antignac, SPARTA
Moderator: Luigi Rebuffi, ECSO
13:30 Summary of the day, Thibaud Antignac, SPARTA
13:35 Close, Kai Rannenberg, CyberSec4Europe
See also the Cyber Competence Network website.