As being part of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) and its network of coordination centres National Cyber Security Centre Finland at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom may award financial support to projects improving cybersecurity nationally. The dates and other details of the application rounds for financial support are announced on this website and on the European Commission’s Funding & Tenders Portal.
Three call rounds at minimum will be held in 2025–2029
The National Coordination Centre was granted a new project under the Digital Europe Programme, which from the The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom will distribute financial support to third parties in 2025–2029. Minimum of three call rounds will be held with total budget of 3,7 million euros. Financial support will be granted for implementing new cybersecurity legislation, as well as for the implementation and dissemination of modern cybersecurity solutions. Information about upcoming calls will be published on the coordination centre’s website and at the national grant portal haeavustuksia.fi.
Two call rounds for financial support were held in 2023–2024
In 2023–2024, financial support was granted to Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises with total of 2 million euros. The financial support was primarily meant for strengthening SMEs' own capabilities and Finland's national capacity and infrastructure to protect against cyber-attacks.
4Front conducted an Impact evaluation of the financial support provided in 2023–2024
In terms of direct impacts to beneficiaries, the evaluation found that the financial support has well fulfilled its purpose and its direct impact to beneficiaries can be considered high. Almost all the projects (95 %) stated that they have successfully implemented their technology upgrading and reached the project goals. The companies were also reporting increased resilience against cyber-attacks. In terms of indirect impacts, the evaluation was looking at effects on cyber security market and overall national cyber security capacity.
For more information:
kyber.rahoitustuki@traficom.fi