The SECASSURED project is joining forces with five other European research projects through the CyberAI Trust Cluster (CAITC), a collaborative initiative bringing together EU-funded projects working at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and digital trust.
On 23 September 2026, representatives from the six participating projects — SECASSURED, ATHENA, CCAT, SecQDevOps, PERUN and SHASAI — came together for the cluster’s first joint meeting. The meeting provided an opportunity for the projects to introduce their objectives and activities, explore complementary areas of research and identify opportunities for future cooperation.
Building Synergies Across European Cybersecurity Research
The CyberAI Trust Cluster provides a framework for the participating projects to exchange knowledge and experience, identify technical and research synergies, and increase the collective impact of their results across the European cybersecurity community.
The projects bring together complementary expertise in areas including AI-supported cybersecurity, security assurance, vulnerability assessment, cybersecurity certification, secure software and hardware engineering, quantum-related security and protection against emerging cyber threats.
For SECASSURED, participation in the cluster closely complements the project’s work on assurance-driven security engineering and AI-supported security services. SECASSURED develops methods, tools and security services designed to provide continuous assurance throughout the lifecycle of complex digital systems.
Through the cluster, SECASSURED will be able to exchange experience with related European initiatives, explore opportunities for technical cooperation and contribute its expertise in continuous security assurance and trustworthy security engineering.
From Dialogue to Joint Activities
The first meeting marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between the six projects. Future cooperation is expected to include knowledge exchange, joint dissemination and communication activities, participation in conferences and workshops, stakeholder engagement, and exploration of technical and research synergies.
The cluster also provides an opportunity to coordinate activities addressing broader European priorities related to trustworthy AI, cybersecurity resilience, certification, standardisation and regulatory compliance.
By bringing together complementary European research initiatives, the CyberAI Trust Cluster aims to strengthen cooperation and help translate individual project results into broader impact.
For SECASSURED, joining CAITC represents another important step towards building connections across the European cybersecurity research community and contributing to a common objective: more secure, resilient and trustworthy digital systems.
