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Paul Timmers

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arXiv2025

Early Perspectives on the Digital Europe Programme

A new Digital Europe Programme (DEP), a funding instrument for development and innovation, was established in the European Union (EU) in 2021. The paper makes an empirical inquiry into the projects funded through the DEP. According to the results, the projects align well with the DEP's strategic focus on cyber security, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, innovation hubs, small- and medium-sized enterprises, and education. Most of the projects have received an equal amount of national and EU funding. Although national origins of participating organizations do not explain the amounts of funding granted, there is a rather strong tendency for national organizations to primarily collaborate with other national organizations. Finally, information about the technological domains addressed and the economic sectors involved provides decent explanatory power for statistically explaining the funding amounts granted. With these results and the accompanying discussion, the paper contributes to the timely debate about innovation, technology development, and industrial policy in Europe.

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arXiv2024

Vulnerability Coordination Under the Cyber Resilience Act

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) of the European Union (EU) imposes many new cyber security requirements practically to all network-enabled information technology products, whether hardware or software. The paper examines and elaborates the CRA's new requirements for vulnerability coordination, including vulnerability disclosure. Although these requirements are only a part of the CRA's obligations for vendors, also some new vulnerability coordination mandates are present. In particular, so-called actively exploited vulnerabilities require mandatory reporting. In addition to elaborating the reporting logic, the paper discusses the notion of actively exploited vulnerabilities in relation to the notion of known exploited vulnerabilities used in the United States. The CRA further alters the coordination practices on the side of public administrations. The paper addresses also these new practices. With the examination elaboration, and associated discussion based on conceptual analysis, the paper contributes to the study of cyber security regulations, providing also a few takeaways for further research.

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