DEP / HE funded projects cooperation

What we're offering

Efigo is looking for cooperation opportunities under Digital Europe Programme (DEP) and Horizon Europe (HE) calls in the areas of cybersecurity and AI in cybersecurity.

We are open to two types of collaboration:

1. Co-creating a project idea from scratch — bringing our own concepts and technical expertise to the table and jointly shaping a proposal with partners who bring complementary capabilities (e.g., research institutions, technology providers, or organizations with sector-specific use cases).

2. Joining an existing consortium as a technical partner — contributing our cybersecurity know-how and, importantly, access to real-world test users and pilot environments from both the public and private sector, drawn from our existing client base.

What we bring

• Hands-on technical expertise in offensive and defensive cybersecurity (penetration testing, red teaming, security audits, infrastructure and application hardening)

• R&D delivery experience from national projects, including SPINET (IoT cybersecurity, NCBR CyberSecIdent IV programme) and NCC-PL (security audit tooling, co-financed by the Digital Europe Programme and national funds), giving us a track record of turning research into applied outcomes

• ENISA EU Cybersecurity Reserve status — one of a limited number of vetted providers trusted by EU institutions and Member States

• Access to a diverse pool of existing clients across public and private sectors, who can serve as pilot sites, test users, or validation partners for project outcomes

• Practical knowledge of regulatory alignment (GDPR, ISO 27001/22301, NIS2/KSC, DORA), useful for projects needing compliance-aware design from the start

What we're looking for

Partners — research organizations, technology companies, SMEs, or consortium leads — working on or planning DEP/HE proposals in:

• Cybersecurity (threat detection, incident response, critical infrastructure protection, IoT/OT security)

• AI applied to cybersecurity (anomaly detection, automated threat intelligence, AI-driven security testing)

Whether you already have a consortium forming and need a technical partner with real-world validation access, or you want to explore a new project idea together, we'd like to talk.