The call for proposals from the Digital Europe Cyber Work Programme 2025-2027 (DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08) focused on the following 3 topics:

1) Transition to post-quantum Public Key Infrastructures;

The objective of this call is to tackle the challenges of an effective integration of PQC algorithms in Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs), which offers efficient migration strategies and strong business continuity guarantees.

The call targets the different actors involved in the PKI ecosystems and supply and value chains, who all have a unique set of diverse needs and interdependencies, such as Certificate Authorities (CAs), intermediate CAs, researchers, end-users in different domains, and vendors.

Call budget:  15 000 000 Euro

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2) Enhancing the NCC Network;

The objective of this topic is to support the operation of the NCCs and to enable them to support the cybersecurity community, including SMEs, for the uptake and dissemination of state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions and strengthen cybersecurity capacities.

Call budget:  10 000 000 Euro

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3) Dedicated action to reinforcing hospitals and healthcare providers:

 The goal is to ensure that hospitals and healthcare providers, which are crucial operators in the health sector, can effectively detect, monitor, and respond to cyber threats, particularly ransomware, which pose significant risks, thereby enhancing the resilience of the European healthcare system.

Call budget:  30 000 000 Euro

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