The ECHO Project (European network of Cybersecurity centres and competence Hub for innovation and Operations), supported by Â鶹´«Ã½, is one of the four pilot projects.  The ECHO project will deliver an organised and coordinated approach to strengthen proactive cyber defence in the European Union, through effective and efficient multi-sector collaboration.

The collaborative project was officially launched at the Conference Hall of the Royal Military Academy of Belgium, on 25 February 2019. Â鶹´«Ã½ is one of around 30 project partners, with Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Computer Emergency Response Team (Â鶹´«Ã½-CERT) playing a key role in the work of the project. The response team have been operating for more than 2 years, working closely with the cybersecurity research group of the Department of Computing and Informatics and are at the forefront of cybersecurity innovations.

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, who is the project lead for Â鶹´«Ã½ commented, “This is a great opportunity for improving Â鶹´«Ã½-CERT’s capabilities by being part of a European Cyber Competency Network, sharing threat intelligence with our peer Computer Security Incident Response Teams, and collectively respond to cyber-attacks. We will be in a position to better protect Â鶹´«Ã½-CERT’s constituents and also contribute to a building a resilient European community.â€

“Â鶹´«Ã½ will be involved in many aspects of the project, particularly the development of Cyberskills Framework, the ECHO Early Warning System (through our Â鶹´«Ã½-CERT activities) and the Federated Cyber Range, which is a simulation environment for training and education in cyber security.â€

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