1. Cyber Security Accelerator for trusted SMEs IT Ecosystems
H2020 FORTIKA
Cyber Security Accelerator for trusted SMEs IT Ecosystems

2. Cybersecurity for SMEs
Cybersecurity incidents result to major economic damage for European businesses and the economy at large
Cybersecurity risk is largely underestimated by businesses
Theft of commercial secrets result in losses of billions of dollars every year

3. Cybersecurity for SMEs
Estimates put the cost of cybercrime on global economy (more than 445$bn/year) and job losses (more than 150,000/year in Europe)
Exponential growth of globally interconnected devices
Companies adopt Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) policies
Private, public or hybrid cloud infrastructures are widely utilized to store and serve data and software
Newer and larger attack surfaces are continuously created

4. Cybersecurity for SMEs

5. Cybersecurity for SMEs
FORTIKA’s Vision
Minimize exposure of small and medium sized businesses to cyber security risks and threats
Help them successfully respond to cyber security incidents, while relieving them from all unnecessary and costly efforts of identifying, acquiring and using the appropriate cyber security solutions

6. Cybersecurity for SMEs
Towards FORTIKA’s Vision
Introduce an embedded FPGA-powered security layer to facilitate the deployment of security solutions
Create a centralized marketplace for businesses to access and seamlessly deploy trusted cyber security services, tailored to their needs

7. High-level Architecture

8. Questions & Answers Centre of Research & Technology – Hellas
Contact Details: Dr. Dimitrios Tzovaras
Project coordinator
Centre of Research & Technology – Hellas
Information Technologies Institute