When a company is exposed to digital threats and attacks, there can be major consequences. To increase the understanding of digital threats and risks, researchers in the CYNIC-project have developed a new tool – a card game. Read more: CYNIC Game
https://www.cynic.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Storforsen.mov#t=1 Storforsen The project team had a physical work meeting at the foot of Storforsen.On the agenda was cross-border cases, e.g., one in which the technical team from Centria will perform Penetration Test on a product from one of the Swedish partner companies. A prototype of a card deck game and a risk ladder exercise […]
We are very proud to announce that the CYNIC project has been selected as the project of the month by the financier Interreg Nord http://www.interregnord.com/manadens-projekt-cynic/
A survey to SMEs in Ylivieska region was conducted as part of a thesis work. The objective of the thesis was to find out how cybersecurity or the lack thereof affects SMEs abilities to increase the use of digital tools and services in their business. The goal was also to find out what kind of […]
Local companies were invited to participate in a 3 hour seminar on Information security in Kokkola on 9th April and in Ylivieska on 10th April 2019. The topics were: Vulnerabilities, Malware, and Security breaches – Juha-Matti Heljaste / F-Secure Information Security Services in The Area – Joni Jämsä / Centria University of Applied Sciences From […]
Mirror Partner Utveckling AB is one partner company located in Kalix. They offer support with system development, web development, web design, hosting and technology. They also develop their own security product. During a company visit in Kalix a cross-border case was initiated. The Finnish project team will assist with technology expertise.
One of the main project partners in the Cynic project is the IT consultant Agio. Agio works primarily with E-administration, decision support and production management and it will be very interesting to jointly develop information security issues together. This week the Swedish project team visited the Agio team at their Luleå office to discuss needs […]
The Nordic Security Event 11.– 12. 1. 2019 Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki Disobey is a Nordic security event where like-minded individuals gather to share information and to train the skills our adversaries use against us. SMEs might not have the resources or know-how to shield themselves against cyberattacks. But it is an important part of defense […]
The project has officially started! The internal project team met for a two-day kick-of meeting in Oulu, Finland, the 13-14 of February, where we worked with our strategy and organization of the project. We plan to use this web for most of our communication so stay tuned for updates on the project. For the moment […]
Representatives from both the Swedish and Finnish partners of CYNIC will join the Meetup with new Interreg NORD projects next week in Haparanda. Interreg NORD will give an general overview of the programme and inform about project administration.