The use of new technologies brings about new opportunities for enhanced business performance and operations, but also introduces several information security and privacy risks. Addressing these risks plays a significant role regarding success and development of business nowadays, as growing security threats may potentially disrupt business continuity and cause monetary, reputational and other types of losses to SMEs:
Implementing information security and privacy standards is perceived as being challenging by SMEs
Every type of business, regardless of its size, is a potential target of a cyber-attack
Since cyber risk management and assessment are considered as backbones of a secure IT environment, the REDCYBERSG project aims to improve cybersecurity management skills of SMEs by filling gaps in SMEs in partner countries and to provide a comprehensive guide for integrating best practices into their procedures in order to mitigate cyber risks.
The partnership is composed of 7 organisations from 4 different European countries: Baltijas Datoru akademija (Baltic Computer academy) and Ventspils University College (Latvia), Mugla Sitki Kocman University and Gazi University (Turkey), Training 2000 and ITIS "E. Mattei" (Italy), Universitet po Bibliotekoznanie i Informacionni Tehnologii (University of Library Studies and Information Technologies) (Bulgaria). The associated partners: Switzerland - The Institute for Information Systems and Networking; Latvia - Latvian Information and communications technology association (LIKTA); Italy - CNA of Pesaro and Urbino - is the National Association of SMEs in Italy; Turkey - Mugla Chamber of Trade and Industry (MUTSO); Bulgaria - Cluster Sofia Knowledge City.
Information about the project:
Project: REDucing the CYBERsecurity Management Skills Gap in SMEs
Project nr. 2018-1-LV01-KA202-046987
Duration: 24 months (01.10.2018 - 30.09.2020)
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“This project (REDucing the CYBERsecurity Management Skills Gap in SMEs, Nr. 2018-1-LV01-KA202-046987) has received grant support from program Erasmus+ Strategic partnership KA2 program funded by the European Union. The content reflects the authors’ view and European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains”
