Today society faces myriad traditional and recent risks (Seveso, health, natural disasters, terrorism, cyberterrorism, etc.) that threaten our new lifestyles.

Several factors account for these new risks in terms of:

• Complexity & Vulnerability
• People concentration and mobility (moving crowds)
• Dependency upon complex technical infrastructures (transport, health, manufacturing, trade, finance)

This target market’s research and experimentation priorities are to:

• Increase operational security by developing innovative systems and equipment toprotect critical infrastructures, manage crises, etc.
• Secure sensitive information systems with new technologies and methods of proof and trust
• Pool the development of critical digital technologies and software for a double-barrelled response to civil and defence needs

Key figures of the Security & Defence Working Group

• Number of partners: 54 including 20 SMEs
• Number of R&D projects: 24
• Total costs of the R&D projects: € 133.2M
• Public funding of the R&D projects: € 49.4M