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We enjoyed our first year in project together with the rest of the Consortium! Happy 1st anniversary!

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A year ago, we had a vision of a cybersecurity solution tailored for the needs and resources of small businesses, and a team of enthusiastic people* from nine European countries ready and determined to tackle the challenges ahead 💪

Since then, we studied in detail five diverse small businesses and talked to many more of them 🔎

Today, we have an impactful vision. We have designed a motivating approach to cybersecurity, and developed the first GEIGER prototype! 🎉

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Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Utrecht University
Berufsfachschule BBB
Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
Kaspersky
Montimage
סומך חייקין KPMG
Atos España
Tech.eu
Schweizerischer KMU Verband
SRA accountantskantoren
Cluj IT Cluster
CERT-RO
Loredana Bartels
haako
e-abo
Braintronix
Public Tender

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GEIGER aims at protecting small businesses against cyber threats

On June 1, 2020, a consortium of 18 organisations launched “GEIGER”, an innovation project that aims to develop a solution that allows small businesses and entrepreneurs to become aware of their risks related to data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity, and get help in reducing these risks.

Samuel Fricker from the FHNW University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, the coordinator of the GEIGER project: “COVID-19 lockdowns have forced many small businesses with little to no experience in digital technologies to bring their businesses online. This ‘going digital’ increases the likelihood of incidents due to negligence or malicious attacks and puts the business and clients’ data at risk. GEIGER aims at letting these small businesses to know their risks and minimise them with the help from certified security defenders. There are plenty of cybersecurity solutions available, but they don’t match the needs of small businesses with no expertise and resources to invest in costly and complicated solutions. We want to close this gap.”

Much like radioactivity, cyber threats are hard to detect without proper tools. The project will collaborate with security specialists, cyber ranges, and national cybersecurity centres to develop GEIGER, a “Geiger counter” for cybersecurity, which will help small businesses to become aware of cyber threats. A small business can use GEIGER on the web or the smartphone, and it dynamically shows the level of current risks for the company. Seeing high risk allows the user to react immediately and to take simple measures or get help in lowering the risk exposure significantly.

To assist the businesses that seek protection, GEIGER aims at building an ecosystem of competent individuals and organisations that offer help. GEIGER collaborates with schools and partners to develop a standardised learning programme, the “Certified Security Defenders.” The project will pilot the programme in Switzerland with the BBB vocational school and the association of small and medium-sized enterprises SKV, in the Netherlands with the accountants’ association SRA, and in Romania with the start-up and innovation hub Cluj IT Cluster. After completing the training, the Certified Security Defenders will be acting as “ambassadors” who will pass on their knowledge to the small businesses with whom they work.

The GEIGER project is carried out by Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW and 17 partners from around Europe: Utrecht University, Berufsfachschule BBB, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Kaspersky, Montimage, סומך חייקין KPMG, Atos España, Tech.eu, Schweizerischer KMU Verband SKV, Samenwerkende Registeraccountants en Accountants-Administratieconsulenten SRA, Cluj IT Cluster, CERT-RO, Coiffure Loredana, Haako, e-abo, Braintronix, and Public Tender. These organisations well reflect the competences needed for bringing about the GEIGER innovation, and each will bring valuable contributions to the project.

GEIGER started on June 1, 2020, and will be running for 30 months. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 883588 (GEIGER). The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the funding body.

We are pleased to be part of the consortium in a innovation project. The project addresses creating a solution for evaluating and minimizing issues and vulnerabilities of and micro-enterprises, by using dedicated, affordable and easy to use tools.

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The GEIGER project was launched in a virtual kick off meeting! 🤩

Here starts our exciting journey to develop a solution that allows SMEs and micro-enterprises to evaluate and minimise their security, privacy and data protection risks, using simple and affordable tools!

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