The European Union unveils its cyber funding plan for 2025-2027

With a budget of €390 million, it aims to implement the Cyber Solidarity Act, as well as emerging cyber technologies, including AI and the transition to post-quantum cryptography.

The European Union presented, at the end of March 2025, the funding allocated to its “Digital Europe Programme” (DEP) for 2025-2027. €390 million are allocated to cybersecurity, divided into three components. The first, with a budget of €142 million, concerns “new technologies, AI and the transition to post-quantum cryptography.”

The European Union will thus grant €45 million to AI applied to cybersecurity and €47 million to the transition to post-quantum cryptography. €50 million will also be used to strengthen the cyber capabilities of SMEs and facilitate their adoption of “innovative solutions.”

The second component, with a budget of €121 million, is intended to implement the Cyber Solidarity Act, the European regulation that came into force on February 4, 2025. It notably provides for the creation of a “European alert system,” via a network of national and cross-border SOCs, which receives €77 million in funding. €40 million are also allocated to “the coordinated preparedness of critical sector entities” and €4 million to the “mutual assistance mechanism” for cross-border cyber incidents.

The DEP finally provides €118 million in grants for “additional actions” to strengthen the European Union’s cyber-resilience. The “national coordination centers,” responsible for locally implementing the policy of the ECCC (European Cybersecurity Competence Centre), will receive €46 million.

The plan also allocates €30 million for the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare institutions, and €10 million for cyber applications at the intersection of military and civilian sectors. A budget of €32 million will finally support regulatory upgrades for European Union organizations.