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
Anna Sarri from Enisa: SMEs are Facing Major Cybersecurity challenges
It was a pleasure to have a cyber security expert Anna Sarri from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA speaking in our Cynic-webinar Cyber Security Awareness – Insights from ENISA on 7th of December. Already for 15 years, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity has been pushing forward cybersecurity initiatives to help small and medium-sized […]
Size doesn´t matter when talking about cyber security
Due to increased digitalization particularly, small companies became targeted by cybercriminals. Micro-enterprises may face the challenge of identifying and responding to threats due to lack of resources. Small businesses may have less ability to identify cyber threats and have less secure computer networks. Financial resources are also often met in expensive cybersecurity investments. However, risk […]
Information security strategic plan is part of a good cybersecurity business model
An information security strategic plan can define security goals and plans on how to achieve those goals. This strategic plan is used to build good security practices. The implementation of the plan should also be well managed, for example it is important to train staff and ensure compliance with the strategy. It is important to […]
CyberSecurity Awareness – Insights from ENISA | 2021-12-07 | 13:00 – 14:00 CET
The event is open and free for everyone who registers. The focus will be on SMEs. Register here: CyberSecurity Awareness Insights from ENISA CyberSecurity for SMEs During the presentation you will hear more about the work done by ENISA when it comes to supporting SMEs. Enisa hava analysed cybersecurity challenges for SMEs and determined good […]
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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.
