Opportunities for networking can emerge at any stage of the project lifetime.
One of the most important outcomes of EMERALD's networking activities is its contribution to establishing the European Cluster for Cybersecurity Certification. The Cluster provides a forum for discussion and collaboration among research and innovation initiatives addressing the challenges of Next Generation Agile Certification from multiple perspectives. Its main objective is to foster cooperation between projects, share experiences, align methodologies, and develop a comprehensive EU-wide perspective on cybersecurity certification.
| NETWORK NAME | OBJECTIVES | COLLABORATION AREAS | NETWORKING ACTIVITIES |
|---|---|---|---|
 EC3: European Cluster for Cybersecurity Certification | The main goal of EC3 is to establish a collaborative forum for research and innovation initiatives focused on Next Generation Agile Certification, aiming to create a critical mass of projects that share experiences, align methodologies, and develop a comprehensive EU perspective on cybersecurity certification challenges and future research directions. The projects currently involved are EMERALD, COBALT, CERTIFAI, DOSS, TELEMETRY, CERTIFY, CUSTODES, and CONFIRMATE. | Sharing experiences, aligning methodologies, identifying common challenges, and proposing future research directions. | The European Cluster for Cybersecurity Certification: Enhancing Cybersecurity in the European Region |
 Horizon Europe Legal & Ethics Network | The primary goal of HELEN is to foster collaboration, promote the creation and sharing of knowledge, and develop or enhance effective solutions and methodologies. This is aimed at ensuring the legal compliance and ethical integrity of new and emerging technologies and breakthroughs. HELEN seeks to implement the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) guidelines through cross-project collaboration, exchanges, and innovation, ensuring that research and innovation outcomes align with ethical values and safeguard fundamental rights. | Sharing experiences, aligning methodologies, identifying common challenges, and proposing future research directions. | EMERALD joins HELEN: Strengthening Legal and Ethical Foundations for CaaS |
The following table includes a set of projects with which EMERALD collaborates and details the networking activities that have taken place to date.
| PROJECT | OBJECTIVES | COLLABORATION AREAS | NETWORKING ACTIVITIES |
|---|---|---|---|
 ECCO: European Cybersecurity COmmunity | This project, led by the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), aims to support the activities necessary to develop, promote, coordinate and organize the work of the Cybersecurity Competence Community at European Level, within the scope and operations of the ECCC and National Coordination Centres Network. The goal is to improve cooperation between cybersecurity projects and initiatives, public and private, across Europe. | Participation in the ECCO Community Group on Roadmapping, coordinated by FhG and CNR. Co-organization of webinars and events | EMERALD strengthens participation in the ECCO community working groups |
 Certification for Cybersecurity in EU ICT using Decentralized Digital Twinning | COBALT aims to elevate the overall level of cybersecurity, contributing to a future where certifications are universally recognized and trusted. By aligning with existing initiatives such as the EU CSA, ENISA, EUCS, and the EUCC, the project becomes a catalyst for harmonizing cybersecurity practices. | Cybersecurity Certification | EMERALD and COBALT Projects explore new collaborations EMERALD and COBALT met in Karlsruhe EMERALD contributes to the global IoT Day 2025 EMERALD and other E3C Projects Successfully Hosted a Panel on Cybersecurity Certification at CLOSER 2025 |
 Agile conformance assessment for cybersecurity CERTIFication enhanced by Artificial Intelligence | CERTIFAI endeavours to create an open software framework employing AI-driven, cost-efficient continuous assessment and (re-)certification methods specifically tailored for ICT products, processes, and services. This proactive approach addresses the evolving cybersecurity landscape by ensuring robust compliance throughout the product life cycle. | Cybersecurity Certification | EMERALD and CERTIFAI projects explore possible areas of joint work EMERALD contributes to the global IoT Day 2025 EMERALD and other E3C Projects Successfully Hosted a Panel on Cybersecurity Certification at CLOSER 2025 |
 Secure-by-Design IoT operation with Supply Chain Control | The DOSS project focuses on enhancing the security and reliability of IoT operations. The project develops a secure-by-design approach and implements supporting technologies, including structured data exchange, component testing, and architecture modelling. | Cybersecurity Certification | EMERALD contributes to the global IoT Day 2025 EMERALD and other E3C Projects Successfully Hosted a Panel on Cybersecurity Certification at CLOSER 2025 |
 Cybersecurity via trustworthy tools and methodologies is a crucial challenge for IoT ecosystems | The TELEMETRY project addresses the critical challenge of cybersecurity in IoT ecosystems by developing and validating innovative tools and methods for testing and detecting security vulnerabilities in IoT devices and systems. | Cybersecurity Certification | EMERALD contributes to the global IoT Day 2025 EMERALD and other E3C Projects Successfully Hosted a Panel on Cybersecurity Certification at CLOSER 2025 |
 aCtive sEcurity foR connecTed devIces liFecYcles | CERTIFY establishes a methodological, technological, and organizational approach to IoT security lifecycle management, aiming to enhance security by effectively detecting and responding to a wide range of attacks. | Cybersecurity Certification | EMERALD contributes to the global IoT Day 2025 EMERALD and other E3C Projects Successfully Hosted a Panel on Cybersecurity Certification at CLOSER 2025 |
 CONFormIty assessment, metRics and compliance autoMATion for the cyber resiliencE act | CONFIRMATE is an EU-funded project designed to simplify compliance with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The initiative focuses on developing open-source tools and automation solutions to enhance cybersecurity resilience. By bringing together leading organizations, CONFIRMATE aims to standardize testing procedures, provide guidance, and support businesses in meeting CRA requirements. | Cybersecurity Certification | EMERALD and other E3C Projects Successfully Hosted a Panel on Cybersecurity Certification at CLOSER 2025 |
 Cybersecurity and Security Assurance in Emerging Digital Ecosystems | The CUSTODES system will discover and translate certification information of the Building Blocks of the composite ICT products or Services under evaluation, will provide Certification information to the interested parties and will share information on newly identified vulnerabilities related to the specific blocks or composite products as needed, increasing transparency, re-usability and trust. It will also utilize a Restricted & Trusted Execution Environment to ensure the chain of custody of the product under assessment. | Cybersecurity Certification | |
 IPCEI Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services | Initiative aimed at building the next-generation cloud-edge infrastructure for Europe. The objective is to build a powerful and sustainable first-ever “Multi-Provider Cloud-Edge Continuum” that is not tied to individual providers. AI-optimised security solutions for the next-generation cloud edge in diverse cloud environments will be developed, enabling the seamless integration of a variety of different new data processing solutions in the European Union. | The developments during the IPCEI-CIS project will be monitored during the execution of the EMERALD project to find synergies and alignment on cybersecurity and automated compliance monitoring in multi-cloud environments | |
| AK-Graph: AI-based Software Architecture Design for the Engineering of Secure and Sustainable System | The objective of this project is to describe software architecture knowledge in a knowledge graph to lay out the foundation for automatically processing architecture knowledge with reasoning- and AI-based approaches in order to provide architecture design guidance and automate architecture evaluation. | The results of the analysis related to software security will be used in EMERALD for developing the certification graph | |
 A Distributed Open Marketplace for Europe Cloud and Edge Services | The aim of DOME to support businesses and public organisations digital transformation making available a catalogue of cloud-to-edge offerings in Europe. | Results sharing. Joint disseminations and communication activities. | |
 Consolidating Research and Policy along the Cognitive Computing Continuum | NexusForum.EU will boost the consolidation of the European Computing Continuum ecosystem building on the valuable activities and impact generated so far within the existing EUCloudEdgeIoT (EuCEI) initiative, as well as provide a forward-looking and bold vision in new areas and directions that have not been explored so far. | Participation in events. Co-organization of webinars. Participation in open-consultation activities |