Communication & Stakeholders Engagement plan

The overriding objective of cyberwatching.eu is to lower barriers to innovative cyber security and privacy (CS&P) products and services such as those coming from projects funded by the EC, EU member states and associated countries.
The assets of cyberwatching.eu are designed to address these barriers:

• An EU Cyberwatching.eu Observatory offering a comprehensive and organic view of R&I initiatives, services and products emerging across the EU and Associated Countries.
• A marketplace and catalogue of services meeting new end-user needs stemming from a complex and multi-faceted landscape of cyber risks while increasing understanding of EU compliance obligations.
• Cyberwatching.eu SME end-user club: bringing small businesses together in one place facilitates the adoption of a cyber-security strategy in companies with few resources, learning from best practices adopted by others.

In addition, cyberwatching.eu will deliver a set of insightful reports and white papers helping policy makers and other stakeholders to understand the cyber security ecosystem, spanning R&I results, policy, regulation, standards and best practices.

This Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Plan is the first document setting out specific actions and measures that will ensure community building and practical assets key to sustaining a multi-service marketplace beyond the project’s funding lifecycle.
The Plan outlines cyberwatching.eu stakeholder groups and targeted engagement activities with a roadmap for the first 18 months of cyberwatching.eu, as foundational for future actions in two further documents (D4.3 in M18 and D4.9 in M48). The Plan shows how activities will be monitored through pre-defined KPIs. It also provides a concise report on current achievements, upcoming synergies and knowledge sharing, as well as engagement roadmaps for each stakeholder group targeted.