On June 2, at 5:00 PM, the European Champions Alliance  hosted a dynamic and highly collaborative Member Meeting designed to bridge the gap between our long-standing community and our newest cohort of innovators. Over the last five months, the ECA has welcomed eight new startups into the fold: a surge

Europe has no shortage of cybersecurity innovation. Across the continent, companies are developing world-class technologies that help organizations defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Yet many European cybersecurity vendors face a common challenge: achieving the scale, visibility, and market influence needed to compete globally. This challenge was one of the

Cybersecurity in 2026: Consolidation, AI Identities, and the Great Regulation Debate. Are we buying security to manage risk, or just to check a compliance box? The ECA hosted this morning a webinar that tackled the toughest questions facing CISOs and security vendors today, inviting Carole Winqwist (GitGuardian), Zeina Zakhour (ATOS), Benjamin Leroux (aDvens) and Jean-Noël de Galzain (Wallix) to

MARIO DRAGHI SHAKES THE ROUTINE AGAIN In a recent speech on the occasion of the Charlemagne award ceremony, Mario Draghi lamented the cumbersome and slow decision process of the EU, and calls for a”pragmatic federalism”. The obligation of building up a common Defense is a crucial reason to do so.

ANOTHER ATTACK AGAINST A FRENCH PUBLIC AGENCY On May 6, 2026, the Civic Service Agency – the public body responsible for implementing and overseeing the National civic service – was informed of a cybersecurity incident affecting its training platform, managed by  contractors holding corresponding contracts. Personal data was exposed. This

RED ALERT LABS ON COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT Our pleasure to invite readers to discover these two important contributions By Roland Atoui, by Ali Khalil   POINTSHARP SPREADS AI USE IN ITS SYSTEMS Here at Pointsharp, we are gearing up to share our vision and what we can help you with in securing

AI EUROPEAN AI GIGAFACTORIES: AION ON THE STARTING BLOCKS AION is a consortium which includes, among others SCALEWAY (ILIAD group cloud provider), Orange, Quandela (a Quantum computing gem), EDF, ARDIAN, BULL, SCHNEIDER LECTRIC … AION will be a candidate to the coming EU RFP on Gigafactories. MISTRAL AI MULTIPLY CONTRACTS,

THE OBSERVATORY OF DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY IS LAUNCHING A NATIONAL SURVEY TO ASSESS FRENCH TECHNOLOGICAL DEPENDENCIES ON NON-EUROPEAN SOLUTIONS. AND DIGITAL RESILIENCE INDEX RAMPS UP; The Observatory has launched a national assessment  with the private sector. Results are intended to identify these dependencies and propose French and European alternatives. In parallel?