Cybersecurity Skills Alliance - A New Vision for Europe

REWIRE builds a Blueprint for the Cybersecurity industry and a concrete European Cybersecurity Skills Strategy. This strategy will bring together lessons learned from other initiatives (i.e. CONCORDIA, SPARTA, ECHO, CyberSec4Europe).REWIRE:• Designs and implements a Blueprint for the Cybersecurity industry • Develops a European Cybersecurity Skills Strategy and Framework• Develops a common methodology for the identification of existing and emerging skills needs• Creates a European Cybersecurity Skills Observatory integrated by specific actions, activities and tools that allow for anticipation and matching of skills supply and demands. • Supports the strategy and framework through the implementation of a digital on-line publicly accessible European Cybersecurity Skills Digital Observatory – CyberABILITY (for cybersecurity skills merging the market needs, the profiles, the competencies and the available training courses). • Pilots a federated cyber range hosted by multiple project partners to support the goals of the project.• Creates at least four (4) educational curricula and relevant skills certification schemes for new profiles contained in the Cybersecurity Skills Framework. • Promotes attractiveness of the sector and gender balance through specific actions to engage all relevant stakeholders • Develops actions for encouraging mobility through promoting the use of existing European tools (Erasmus+, EURES, EAfA etc.). • Creates networks to improve skills intelligence and information mechanisms and strengthening exchange of knowledge and practice between the cybersecurity industry and the education providers, adapting VET provision to the skills needs demanded by the sector.