MSEs Capacity-Building in Security, Privacy, and Data Protection
GEIGER laid the foundations to make MSEs better protected and become active players in the Digital Single Market, including implementing the Network and Information Security (NIS) directive3 and the application of GDPR by focussing on the ‘human factor’ with the help of the GEIGER tool. Furthermore, through the various educational features and tools, the GEIGER user community is enabled to become active users of the protection of their infrastructure and not just consumers of a product that promises to protect them.
Shared Responsibility of Security, Privacy, and Data Protection
GEIGER has contributed strengthening security, privacy, and personal data protection as shared responsibility along with all layers in the digital economy, including MSEs. The specified GEIGER ecosystem is grounded on the results of comprehensive elicitation with diverse stakeholders. Improving the situation of SMEs & MEs concerning the protection against cyber-threats and compliance with GDPR allows them better to integrate the business processes into the overall digital economy even if their goods and/or services are not directly IT-related.
Trustworthy EU Digital Environment
GEIGER contributed to pave the way for a trustworthy EU digital environment benefitting all economic and social actors. GEIGER significantly reduces the risk that owners and members of MSEs entering the digital era have due to their lack of cybersecurity knowledge. The GEIGER ecosystem, which takes a shared responsibility approach for protecting MSEs in any domain. Responsibility is shared among MSE associations, trained individuals, educators, certifiers, tool vendors, CERTs/CSIRTs, third-party data sources, and security experts. Thus, diverse economic and social actors contribute to and benefit from a trustworthy EU digital environment.
Diffusion of Security and Data Privacy Knowledge
GEIGER contributed to the diffusion of security and data privacy knowledge within the European industry incl. MSEs. The project team described cybersecurity educator and learner profiles and, in collaboration with the education work, derived requirements for the GEIGER Education Ecosystem for spreading security and privacy knowledge applicable for MSEs in the European industry.