Two EU-Projects Tie a New Collaboration Related to Cybersecurity Standardisation
PISA – Italy, 4th August 2023 – StandICT.eu and CyberSEAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This collaboration is momentum for leveraging the projects’ efforts in contributing to standardisation in the cybersecurity of power grids.
Since 2018, StandICT.eu endorses the European experts’ contributions to international ICT standardization. It runs a fellowship programme funding around 400 European standardisation experts in a series of 9 Open calls providing a total of almost 3M€ of funding. Furthermore, the project runs the European Observatory for ICT Standardisation (EUOS); an interactive online ecosystem including an up-to-date ICT standards repository and working groups sharing insights about ongoing standardization efforts across varied ICT areas. In addition, StandICT.eu Academy focus on training future standardisation. StandICT.eu focuses on horizontal and vertical ICT fields as defined in the Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation[1], including cybersecurity for power grids, also targeted by CyberSEAS.
In the context of standardization, CyberSEAS aims to utilize established standards such as IEC 62443 and IEC 62351 standards to ensure that industrial systems comply with necessary cybersecurity requirements, and information exchange in energy management systems is secure and protected from potential cyber threats. Moreover, CyberSEAS tools and solutions provide additional support to these infrastructures in adhering to these standards and frameworks.
The MoU can consolidate these commitments of both projects and leverage their work in ICT standardisation towards new stakeholders.
“One of StandICT.eu’s target stakeholders in European R&I projects with a task dedicated to standardization. We aim to engage these projects in our community to widespread their standardisation efforts and support them in getting engaged with the related European experts. This collaboration with CyberSEAS opens doors in the field of standardisation for the resilience of energy supply chains, which is of great importance!” reflects Mona Marill, StandICT.eu Fellowship Programme Manager.
“The collaboration between StandICT.eu and CyberSEAS represents a significant step towards advancing the security of Electric Power and Energy Systems (EPES) sector. The primary objective of this joint endeavor is to exemplify the practical application of different industrial standards within the EPES domain.” stated Anas Husseis, leader CyberSEAS standardization activities.
StandICT.eu 2026
Consortium: Dublin City University (IE) – Financial and Administrative Coordinator, Trust-IT Srl (IT) – Technical Coordinator, OpenForum Europe (BE), AUSTRALO (ES), European Digital SME Alliance (BE), and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (DE).
For more information on StandICT.eu 2026, contact us at info@standict.eu and follow us on our social media channels: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube
StandICT.eu 2026 has received funding from the EU’s Horizon Europe Programme under Grant Agreement no. 101091933.
CyberSEAS Project
Consortium: ENGINEERING – INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA (ENG) – Project Coordinator, CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER L’INFORMATICA (CINI), AIRBUS PROTECT GMBH (ACS), Fraunhofer – Organization for the Promotion of Applied Research (FRAUNHOFER), GUARDTIME (GT), IKERLAN (IKE), INFORMATIKA (INF), INSTITUTE for CORPORATIVE SECURITY STUDIES (ICS), RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH), SOFTWARE IMAGINATION & VISION SRL (SIMAVI), SOFTWARE QUALITY SYSTEMS SA (SQS), STAM SRL (STAM), SYNELIXIS LYSEIS PLIROFORIKIS AUTOMATISMOU & TILEPIKOINONION ANONIMI ETAIRIA (SYN), WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IKE (WIN), ZIV APLICACIONES Y TECNOLOGIA SL (ZIV), COMUNE DI BERCHIDDA (BER), COMUNE DI BENETUTTI (BEN), ELES DOO SISTEMSKI OPERATER PRENOSNEGA ELEKTROENERGETSKEGA OMREZJA (ELES), PETROL SLOVENSKA ENERGETSKA DRUZBA DD LJUBLJANA (PET), AKADEMSKA IN RAZISKOVALNA MREZA (ARN), HRVATSKI OPERATOR PRIJENOSNOG SUSTAVA D.D. (HOPS), ENERIM (ENERIM), ELEKTRILEVI OU (ELV), COMPANIA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT AL ENERGIEI ELECTRICE TRANSELECTRICA SA (TEL), CENTRUL ROMAN AL ENERGIEI (CRE), TIME.LEX (TLX) and OPERATO DOO (OPR)
For more information on CYBERSeas project, visit our website HERE, contact us HERE, and follow us on our social media channels: Twitter | Linkedin | FaceBook
CyberSEAS project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement 101020560.
[1]https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/rolling-plan-ict-standardisation/about
