Through the Validation Contracts, the PUZZLE project seeks use cases from IT-based or non-IT-based SMEs&MEs and start-ups not only in the areas of Healthcare, FinTech, Manufacturing, Agrifood, eGovernment but also in retail, construction, farming, education, logistics etc.

Cybersecurity is a complex and fast-evolving field, security professionals and experts working for SMEs & MEs need constant learning. H2020 PUZZLE project’s novel approach of providing cybersecurity services through a marketplace, easy to adopt and deploy within SMEs&MEs network and computational infrastructure, leads to a bigger picture of improved readiness and responsiveness of SMEs&MEs in the areas of security, privacy, threats management, and personal data protection.

Through this Validation Contracts Call, the interested parties are invited to present their idea on how the PUZZLE Marketplace could complement the development activities of a product/service they are already providing to their customers, detailing the PUZZLE components and services utilized, to prove the applicability, usability, effectiveness and value of the PUZZLE concepts, models and mechanisms under real-life conditions.

Who is the PUZZLE call for?

Through the Validation Contracts, the PUZZLE project seeks use cases from IT-based or non IT-based SMEs&MEs and start-ups not only in the areas of Healthcare, FinTech, Manufacturing, Agrifood, E-Government, but also in manufacturing, retails, construction, farming, education, logistics to encourage their cybersecurity awareness.

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Micro Enterprises (SMEs&MEs) who deal with cybersecurity, privacy and personal data protection, can submit proposals at the PUZZLE Validation Contracts contest.

PUZZLE is looking for:

• 10 European SMEs (adopters) to connect their systems to the PUZZLE marketplace and test the ability of the PUZZLE framework to meet their cybersecurity and data protection needs.
• 5 cybersecurity vendors to connect their services to the PUZZLE marketplace to validate the ability of the adopters to browse and select cybersecurity and data protection services that suit their needs; and test the ability of the PUZZLE framework to deploy these services.

For more information: https://puzzle-h2020.com/press-releases/puzzle-validation-contracts-call-of-e10-000-is-launched/ and https://puzzle-h2020.com/marketplace/validation-contracts-call/ as well as the Guide for Applicants

Participants from the countries associated to Horizon 2020 are eligible for the call (H2020 Associated countries: according to the updated list published by the EC at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-
2027/common/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_horizon-euratom_en.pdf)

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