CADMUS-Project: Building Tomorrow's Cybersecurity Together in Zagreb

On 6 November, the CADMUS consortium with participants from 4 countries gathered at Algebra Bernays University in Zagreb. It was an important moment to share the progress of the CADMUS project and continue to build on our shared ambition: strengthening digital resilience in SMEs and the public sector. The Dutch delegation consisted of Mark Ruijsendaal & Mira van Benthem (HSD) and Stephan Corporaal & Carine van Vliet (CVD).

Based on the recent skills gap analysis and other insights gained from the labour market and education market analyses, the CADMUS consortium is developing targeted training courses that respond precisely to the shortages in cybersecurity competencies. 

These training courses are designed for concrete learning outcomes and support several roles, tailored to the unique challenges faced by organisations on a daily basis:

• Increasing threats
• New regulations such as NIS2, DORA and CRA
• Rapid technological developments in cloud, hybrid environments and AI

At the end of this month, the consortium will present a detailed training plan that translates these insights into practical training programmes; an important step towards a future-proof cybersecurity approach in Europe.

CADMUS project
The CADMUS consortium, comprised of 7 organisations based in Europe and led by the National Cybersecurity Authority of Greece, has received a 3-year grant to address the cybersecurity expertise shortage in Europe, end of 2024. With this grant of €3.14 million the consortium executes a € 6.3 million programme, co-funded amongst others by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs/RVO and European Commission through the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) as part of the Digital Europe Programme.

The CADMUS consortium partners are the Centrum voor Veiligheid & Digitalisering (CVD) and Security Delta (HSD) from The Netherlands together with the Hellenic National Cybersecurity Authority (NCSA, Greece, coordinator), Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus” (CTI, Greece), Algebra Bernays University (ABU, Croatia), Digital Security Authority (DSA, Cyprus) and European University Cyprus (EUC, Cyprus). More information: https://cadmus-project.eu.

This project has received funding from the DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-CYBERACADEMY under Grant Agreement No. 101190006.