Welcoming Exorde Labs to the European Champions Alliance
Europe’s ability to understand and navigate the global digital landscape has never been more strategic. From cybersecurity and financial markets to disinformation and democratic resilience, social media intelligence has become a critical capability for governments, institutions, and organisations worldwide. Yet despite the growing importance of these technologies, Europe still depends heavily on non-European platforms and […]
Encryption Backdoors in France and the European Fight Against Addictive Algorithms
BACKDOORS AGAIN ? The French Parliament is preparing to examine several texts related to cybersecurity. On this occasion, the parliamentary delegation on intelligence publicly assumes a strong position on encrypted messaging. It considers a targeted access to secure communication services to be “necessary and legitimate.” The delegation considers that a mechanism allowing “targeted access to […]
The AI-Cyber Arms Race: Claude Mythos, Autonomous Exploits, and the Mistral AI Supply Chain Incident
AI AND CYBER: THE DEBATE GETS HOTTER Two important Agencies, the German BSI and CAMPUS CYBER in France, have recently alerted on the impact of AI on cyber defenses. Referring to the capacity of some AI models as CLAUDE MYTHOS or CHAT GPT 5, the BSI insists on the time lapse between the discovery of […]
Quantum Industrialization, AI Hardware Challengers, and Embedded Space Security
QUANTUM COMPUTING QUANDELA PARTNERS WITH SAFRAN The French quantum dynamic start up QUANDELA is partnering with SAFRAN to develop algorithms for modeling airflow in aircraft engines. The result will be faster engine development cycles and less reliance on physical testing. According to Valerian Giesz, CEO of QUANDELA, an objective is to try to ensure that […]
Mapping Europe’s Cybersecurity Ecosystem: From Fragmentation to Digital Sovereignty
Mapping Europe’s Cybersecurity Ecosystem: Building the Foundations of Digital Sovereignty In an interview with CyberSecTV.eu, Dominique Tessier, Co-Founder and Head of the Cybersecurity Focus Group at the European Champions Alliance (ECA), discusses one of Europe’s most ambitious initiatives in the field of cybersecurity: the European Cybersecurity Mapping. A fragmented but highly dynamic ecosystem Europe’s cybersecurity […]
Scaling European Cybersecurity: How Corma Leveraged the INCYBER Forum 2026 Ecosystem
Why Ecosystem Access Matters for European Cybersecurity Start-ups: Corma’s Experience at INCYBER Forum 2026 “The problems we are facing are not German, nor French, nor national. But European.” This is how Nikolai David Fromm, Co-Founder and COO of Corma, describes one of the biggest challenges facing European cybersecurity companies today: fragmentation. To watch the video […]
French and German partners strengthen cooperationon quantum technologies
Yesterday, on May 12, 2026, in Paris, French and German leaders of the quantum ecosystem officially signed a joint Declaration of Intent, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in quantum technologies. It follows last September’s Dialogue in Paris and the conclusions of last November’s French-German Summit on Europe’s Digital Sovereignty in Berlin. Based on these conclusions, several […]
Germany Mandates Digital Sovereignty in Procurement and the Great European AI Regulation Debate
GERMANY TO SET NEW PROCUREMENT RULES FOR PUBLIC MARKETS The German Bundestag on 23 April 2026 adopted the “𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇” (Procurement Acceleration Act) whic not only includes some simplification measures but fundamentally restructures public procurement. The objective is to accelerate procedures, reduce documentation and verification burdens, raise thresholds for direct awards (up to €50,000) and strengthen […]
CDC Group’s Sovereignty Roadmap, Poland’s Cybersecurity Surge, and US University Data Breaches
CDC GROUP STRATEGY ON RESILIENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY We here below reproduce a post by Arnaud Martin, CDC Group Operations risks director, on their choices regarding IT systems. CDC Group is a proud member of the ECA. Digital transformation must not come at the expense of security or strategic autonomy. This is why, within the Caisse […]
Quantum Leaps in Delft, AI Scaling with CDC, and CYSAT Space Cyber Summit
AI CDC GROUP WILL RELY ON SOPRA STERIA TO DEPLOY GEN AND AGENTIC AI The two companies have signed a global agreement for a period of 4 years. Besides infrastructure and orchestration, the project includes applications such as : advanced search, specific agents for security, HR, or procurement, contract analysis … This will rely on […]