The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre

Aim

The ECCC aims to increase Europe’s cybersecurity capacities and competitiveness, working together with a Network of National Coordination Centres (NCCs) to build a strong cybersecurity Community. The ECCC is currently being set up. The Commission is taking over the functioning of the ECCC until this new EU body can operate autonomously.

Context

The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC), together with the Network of National Coordination Centres (NCCs), is Europe’s new framework to support innovation and industrial policy in cybersecurity.

Outcomes

This ecosystem will strengthen the capacities of the cybersecurity technology Community, shield the economy and society from cyberattacks, maintain research excellence and reinforce the competitiveness of EU industry in the field. The ECCC, which will be located in Bucharest, will develop and implement, with Member States, industry and the cybersecurity technology Community, a common agenda for technology development and for its wide deployment in areas of public interest and in businesses, in particular SMEs.

The Centre and the Network will make strategic investment decisions and pool resources from the EU, its Member States and, indirectly, the industry to improve and strengthen technology and industrial cybersecurity capacities, enhancing the EU’s open strategic autonomy.