Cyber Ranges Resiliency Networks

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The proposed CYRESRANGE project addresses concerns and European directives in the field of cyber security, following the fulfillment of synoptic requirements at the EU level expressed through the EU Cyber Strategy presented by The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to “build resilience to cyber threats and ensure citizens and businesses benefit from trustworthy digital technologies” where “the EU's technological sovereignty needs to be founded on the resilience of all connected services and products.” The architecture of the project consortium and the participation of a cluster of excellence in cyber security with a wide representation at national and European level (CYSCOE) ensures the fulfillment of a premise of the EU strategy in cyber security: “All the four cybercommunities – those concerned with the internal market, with law enforcement, diplomacy and defense – need to work more closely towards a shared awareness of threats. They should be ready to respond collectively when an attack materializes, so that the EU can be greater than the sum of its parts.” Our project proposal addresses the first objective to build capacity of cybersecurity actors to react in a coordinated way to large-scale cybersecurity incidents, while fostering the role of CSIRTs, the CyCLONe network and considering the Blueprint. Our project will provide stakeholders a set of structured methodologies, vulnerability databases and forensic tools, and automated content delivery aims and tools. The project focuses on the creation of new paradigms regarding the creation, interconnecting and strengthening cybersecurity ranges at national and regional level with great capabilities in the European realm, including critical infrastructures, not limited only to sectors covered by the NIS Directive.