This project is part of the Strategic Projects in Spain, in the framework of Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, with funding from the Next Generation-EU Funds.

CIBER-SHUBE, in its work to create a national ecosystem in the field of cybersecurity, has attended, together with a delegation of Spanish startups in the field of cybersecurity, the Finnish event ‘Slush 2024’, held in Helsinki on 20 and 21 November. This participation, within the framework of the CIBER-SHUBE-Europass programme, has allowed the best Spanish startups in cybersecurity to present their services and products and connect with international investors and corporations. This presentation took place at the stand that CIBER-SHUBE had reserved at stand F2 in hall 6 of the Helsinki Convention Centre. The delegation was formed by Spanish startups such as Edtek (Barcelona), Loop Diagnostics (Soria), Flamenco Gourmet (Jaén), Enso Co-living (Barcelona) or Findit (Alicante).

Alongside these startups, there were major investors and representatives of corporates such as CDTI, ICO-AXIS, COREangels Enterprise tech, Moeve (Cepsa) and Acciona, with whom CIBER-SHUBE held a matchmaking activity, i.e. a day of business rounds where entrepreneurs and investors can connect with each other, get to know each other, share their objectives and, if both parties are interested, take the first step towards initiating a professional relationship. This delegation was completed with the attendance of several members of the CIBER-SHUBE team, led by Emilio Corchado, director of the project and CEO and founder of Startup OLÉ.

INCIBE's strategic projects

Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad is an entity dependent on Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública, through Secretaría de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial, consolidated as a reference entity for the development of cybersecurity and digital trust of citizens and companies. It is also a driver of social transformation and an opportunity for innovation, fostering R&D&I and talent.

INCIBE's particular mission is to boost the cybersecurity capabilities of society and the economy in general through a programme that seeks to promote and generate knowledge and its transfer to the productive sector, especially by establishing synergies between the social and economic spheres of cybersecurity. To develop this purpose, the programme of grants for the excellence of advanced research teams in cybersecurity was launched in 2018. In 2022, specifically on 5 December, to give continuity to this strategy, the public invitation for collaboration in the promotion of Strategic Cybersecurity Projects in Spain was published.

These initiatives are part of the Global Security Innovation Programme, included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) through Component 15. Investment 7 Cybersecurity: Strengthening the capacities of citizens, SMEs and professionals and boosting the sector.

Strategic projects are a way of providing concrete solutions to some of the greatest scientific and technological challenges facing our society and economy. They are designed to promote the application of the results of research and innovation, combining new forms of governance and collaboration, as well as involving citizens and the productive and social fabric.