Our objectives
Innovation & Capabilities
Increase internationalization capabilities of digital services
Explore & Fail forward
Promote entrepreneurship, i.e., proactive, innovative and tactical risk management
Learn & Take actions
Stimulate and evaluate new business models including risk assessments.
What else DO WE AIM AT?
Identify Challenges for Digital Business Development
Studies to identify challenges for digital business development, IT strategies and information security management and action plans, from technology and business aspects.
Test, Experience and Learn about Information Security
Use cases and pilot demonstrations, including testing and evaluating dynamic environments for experimentation and learning about information security including business models.
Exploration of Emergent Technologies
Exploration of emergent technologies and its applicability for digital business models.
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Project Members
Who we are
The project is a cooperation between two academic partner Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland and Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.
- A cross-border collaboration that will support SMEs
- Physical and virtual lab environment
- Learn from each other and learn about shared challenges and problems
What our partners and researchers say
Our goal is to promote entrepreneurship, i.e. proactive, innovative and tactical risk taking by offering demonstrators and workshops that problematize established practices,
Better insights and sound IT behaviour can be gained through testing and evaluating new business models in a safe testing environment
Latest news
A password is just like your house key
Information security and data protection are usually concern that are emphasized in the corporate world. However, working from home increases the need for common rules for all the family; digitalization is reaching out to everyday life, homes and schools. Cyber security expert Helinä Turunen from the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency’s Cyber Security Center is […]
Cyber Security Warriors – Online
The Cyber Security Awareness -webinar 26th November 2020 was an achievement of cross-border cooperation. The joint event presented a wide perspective in cyber security threats. The panelists invited reflections related to data security. What is data? Where do we use it? And where and how we store it? Who can steal it and why? How […]
IBM Security Forum Nordic
Wednesday morning we attended the IBM Security Forum Nordic, as a continous work to keep a finger on the pulse of industry trends. The forum was presented as a webcast where we had the opportunity to listen to some of IBM’s top security experts here in the Nordics. During the morning we had the chance […]
Greeting from the Governor of Norrbotten County
“The Managing Authority and Joint Secretariat of Interreg Nord are very proud of the excellent work that you are doing in the Cynic-project and your success in the Regiostars Awards.” Björn O. Nilsson Governor of Norrbotten County.
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Activity Charts
About Cynic
CYNIC – Cyber security in Innovation and Business Communication
The project has identified that an uncertainty and a risk focus is an obstacle to SMEs willingness to invest in new business models which are tailored for digitalisation and digital services. Better insights and sound IT behaviour can be gained through testing and evaluating new business models in a safe testing environment. The project aims at (1) promoting entrepreneurship, i.e. proactive, innovative and tactical risk taking by offering demonstrators and workshops that problematize established practices, (2) increase SMEs capabilities to internationalization by providing a collaborative approach for different companies to quickly and effectively address common challenges and opportunities, as well as (3) stimulate and evaluate new business models by developing testable scenarios and exposing them to realistic risks and countermeasures, thereby contributing to increased entrepreneurship and stimulating the ongoing development of a new digital service industry in the region.
