ACTING Advanced European platform and network of cybersecurity training and exercise centres

The ACTING project will develop a network of advanced interconnected domain-oriented cyber ranges for training and exercises. The project will incorporate sophisticated methods and techniques for simulation of users, analysis of the performance of cyber operators, and scoring cyber security situational awareness.

Goal
The goal of ACTING is to provide solutions to improve the efficiency of cyber defense training and exercises. The project aims to create and use advanced tools for user simulation, automated performance analysis, language development for comprehensive and large-scale scenarios, federation of cyber ranges, and a federated scoring system for end information exchange for common cyber situational awareness.

Lead Partner
Institut Po Otbrana (Bulgarian Defense Institute); RHEA BV (technical coordinator)

Partners involved
Defence Research Institute (France), Ecole Royale Militaire/Koninklijke Militaire School (Belgium), 8bells Independent Research & Consultancy (Athens), Enquirya BV (Netherlands), Military Academy (Portugal), Information Technologies Institute (Greece), European Software Institute – Center Eastern Europe (Bulgaria), GMV Innovating Solutions Skysoft SA (Portugal), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (Greece), Managing & Innovation Business Partners (Spain), VisionSpace (Portugal), National Laboratory of Computer Virology (Bulgaria), National University of Ireland Maynooth, Naval Group Belgium, Pravo i Internet Foundation (Bulgaria), Safetech (Romania), Sidroco (Cyprus), Space Hellas (Greece), STAM Srl (Italy), Telefonica (Spain), Telelink Business Services (Bulgaria), University of Vienna (Austria), University of Cyprus, VisionSpace Gmbh (Germany), Wings ICT Solutions (Greece), Zanasi Alessandro SRL (Italy)

Duration
January 2023 – January 2027

Funding
EU-funded

More information: https://acting-project.eu/