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
Interreg Nord Conference – Borderless opportunities for Sápmi
Last week representatives from the CYNIC-project participated in the Interreg Nord Conference – Borderless opportunities for Sápmi During the two days Interreg informed about the “Future of Interreg” since the programme period is about to end and new objectives and also functional areas was presented by the European Commission. Due to the extraordinary situation in […]
The press was also interested in the Cyber Security -info in Siikalatva.
The original story has been published in Siikajokilaakso 27.2.2020.
Cynic-playing cards are now available in Finnish too!
The Cynic project is doing cross border co-operation. The playing cards have been translated into Finnish. Have fun learning the basics of data security. Good practices and awareness are the keywords In the game, you have a company that needs to be secured. You have to fight against data security threats. What do you do […]
#CyberNorth
The risk of being exposed to digital threats increases at the same time as the threats have changed shape. From the hacker and an interest in over-listing techniques to a criminal industry to make money. When the payment requirements will be sent, the question is how you become more aware of the risks and how […]
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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.
