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
Banks or IT managers never ask for a password via email or phone
Phishing can be difficult to distinguish from a real login page. Don’t rush. Check the origin of the message by phone call. Banks or IT managers never ask for a password via email or phone. Tietojenkalastelua voi olla vaikea erottaa oikeasta sisäänkirjautumissivusta. Älä hätiköi kiireessä. Tarkista viestin alkuperä puhelinsoitolla. Pankit tai IT-vastaavat eivät koskaan pyydä […]
Do not pay an invoice until you verify the request
It is easy pretend to be somebody else in social media. Do not borrow money or pay an invoice until you verify the request. I sociala media kan man lätt låtsas vara en annan person. Låna inte ut pengar eller betala inte en räckning utan att ha dubbelkollat informationen. Sosiaalisessa mediassa voi helposti […]
Do not connect a foreign USB to your computer
“Would you please print this document for me”. -Do not connect a foreign USB to your computer. It may contain malware that steals your personal information. “Olisitko kiltti ja tulostaisit tämän dokumentin minulle”. -Älä kytke vierasta USB-tikkua koneeseesi. Se voi sisältää haittaohjelman, joka varastaa henkilökohtaiset tietosi. “Kan du skriva ut en dokument åt mig”. -Anslut […]
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Now it´s possible to vote for our wonderful project on: https://regiostarsawards.eu/ You can find it under Skills & Education for a digital Europe for a digital Europe header. Let’s activate our contacts to provide win for us. Please share! CYNIC Sweden, Finland The CYNIC project is contributing to an increase in digital services by providing […]
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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.
