ECA | Cybersecurity Focus Group

Strengthening Europe’s Cyber Resilience

A flagship focus group that connects vendors, corporates, policymakers, and experts to scale trusted European cybersecurity.

We mobilise the ecosystem through mapping, strategic networking, and real-world activation at major platforms.

What Is the Cybersecurity Focus Group

A pan-European engine for cyber growth

Mapping the market, convening the right players, and pushing strategic consolidation across borders.

We map and position trusted European vendors, connect start- and scale-ups with corporates and stakeholders, convene expert sessions, and create visibility at platforms like InCyber Forum.

European Cybersecurity Mapping

Shining a light on Europe’s trusted cyber innovators

The European Cybersecurity Mapping is the flagship initiative of the ECA Cybersecurity Focus Group. It highlights leading startups, scale-ups, and technology providers, giving buyers, investors, and policymakers a clear view of Europe’s cybersecurity landscape.

Built to support strategic decisions, the mapping provides actionable insights on trends, market gaps, and investment opportunities, making European champions more visible and easier to engage.

In the 2025 edition you’ll find:

  • Over 800 startups and scale-ups across 16 categories from more than 20 countries

  • More than 20 interviews with VCs, corporates, and industry experts

  • An ecosystem analysis that showcases opportunities for growth and consolidation

European innovators shaping AI and data

Startups, corporates, and research partners building practical, trustworthy solutions.

Showcase founding members with logo, one-line value proposition, and a link. Structure mirrors the GreenOps layout, adapted to AI themes. Example fields:

Name, sector focus, core capability in AI or data, one-line impact statement, link to case or demo.

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Aguaro

Smart solutions for greener IT operations.
Greenpixie Logo ECA

Greenpixie

Making cloud sustainability measurable and actionable.
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Resilio

From data to training - solutions to make your IT sustainable.
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Sopht

Sopht, the Green ITOps solution to decarbonize your IT.

Current Programs 2025–2026

Shared priorities turned into structured initiatives

Practical tracks that compound value over time.
  • Cybersecurity Mapping 2026, spotlighting players, gaps, and opportunities, plus national clusters and investment signals.

  • ECA Tech Summit 2026, Cyber track, connecting tech and policy leaders for European scale.

  • Recurring working groups, co-create direction, share insights, and shape joint initiatives.

  • Community work, uniting vendors and partners to support consolidation and pan-European platforms.

How We Work

Curated sessions, peer exchanges, and outcome-driven projects

From discovery to deployment, with clear next steps.

Monthly focus calls and priority setting, expert briefings on consolidation, funding, resilience, and EU sovereignty, B2B matching between vendors, investors, and integrators, activation on stage, in booth, and in market.

Why Join the Focus Group?

Visibility, access, insights, and influence

Join Europe’s most active cybersecurity community, where visibility, credibility, and collaboration come together. The ECA Cybersecurity Focus Group connects startups, scale-ups, corporates, investors, and policymakers to strengthen Europe’s cyber resilience. We make market leaders visible, foster trusted connections across the value chain, and turn strategic priorities into concrete actions that matter.

As a member, you gain more than access, you gain influence. Through curated mappings, expert sessions, and flagship activations like InCyber Forum, you benefit from unmatched visibility, practical insights, and high-touch networking. Together we co-develop the European cybersecurity agenda, accelerate growth for trusted vendors, and build resilience across industries and borders.

Member Value

  • Visibility, through mappings and key stages that put European champions in front of buyers.
  • Access, to CISOs, corporates, investors, integrators, and policy players.
  • Insights, curated intelligence and mentoring to stay ahead.
  • Influence, co-develop Europe’s cyber agenda through expert dialogue.

Who Should Join

  • Practitioners and decision-makers
  • Startups and scale-ups
  • CISOs and cyber leads in corporates
  • Policy stakeholders and think tanks
  • Industry experts and researchers, integrators and MSSPs

Flagship Activations

InCyber Forum Europe

The leading European event on digital trust, your annual launchpad.
  • ECA common booth, expert panels, and targeted networking, at the Lille Grand Palais. 

  • InCyber gathers 650+ exhibitors and senior stakeholders, a prime setting for B2B outcomes.

“Europe’s cybersecurity future depends on trusted collaboration, visibility for European champions, and collective resilience across borders. By joining this Focus Group, you gain access to Europe’s strongest cyber network, shape the agenda with peers, and ensure that European solutions lead the way.”
Andrea & Dominique
Focus Group Leaders, Cybersecurity