Project description
A new way to protect Europe from cyber threats
Sophisticated cyberattacks pose an imminent threat to businesses on a global scale. Europe, in particular, faces the urgent need to build resilience against these cyber threats while safeguarding data protection and the freedom of its citizens. However, the cybersurveillance platforms market is dominated by US companies. This is a potential vulnerability for European businesses. In this context, the EU-funded KARTOS project leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to score, predict, and remediate security risks by analysing a company's leaked information across the internet, deep web, and dark web. With its ability to identify vulnerabilities, active exploits, and advanced cyber threats, KARTOS empowers businesses to proactively safeguard their assets. This unique solution aims to secure the sovereignty of European companies.
Objective
ENTHEC is an early-stage deep-tech startup, pioneer in the development of Cybersecurity Solutions against cybercrime. María Rojo, Co-Founder and CEO of ENTHEC is a Computer Engineer, PhD in Telematics, with more than 12 years of experience in cybersecurity at corporates such as BBVA, Santander, Indra, or Airbus who is becoming one of the leading women in the European cybersecurity ecosystem. Constantly emerging sophisticated cyber-attacks jeopardize thousands of businesses every minute of every day. Europe must build resilience to cyber-attacks while making sure that data protection and freedom of citizens are strengthened. That is why, ENTHEC is developing KARTOS, a unique Cybersecurity Platform used for scoring, predicting and remediating security risks based on Artificial Intelligence that analyses the company's leaked information anywhere on the Internet, Deep web and Dark web. KARTOS instantly identifies vulnerabilities, active exploits, and advanced cyber-threats to help companies rigorously protect their business and strengthen their security posture from outside its IT perimeter, enabling them to see what a hacker sees thus remediating risks before a potential attack. The Cybersurveillance platforms market is dominated by US companies, which may alter their analysis by strategically affecting European companies. KARTOS is the only European solution able to defend the sovereignty of European companies in this market. Cybersurveillance platforms are a niche market within the Cybersecurity Marketplace in which ENTHEC will commercially target the European, North America, Latin America and Middle East valued at €6.000M in 2027. At that time the global cybersecurity market will be €281.000M according to Grand View Research. The successful completion of the development and commercialization of KARTOS is a great business opportunity for ENTHEC to become a European cybersecurity leader and to generate revenues of more than €20M by 2028 and more than 90 skilled jobs.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.3.2 - European innovation ecosystems Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
46008 Valencia
Spain
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.