About
The Horizon Europe project PRIVIDEMA aims to advance privacy-preserving technologies in cyber threat intelligence, data protection, and identity management. It focuses on developing scalable, user-friendly solutions for the European ecosystem. Key project components include:
1. Development of open-source tools, hosting networking events, and initiation of capacity-building efforts to democratize technology access and empower cybersecurity professionals.
2. Advancement of homomorphic encryption capabilities, implementation of hardware acceleration methods, and improvement of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) usability.
3. Creation and demonstration of a prototype European identity wallet featuring issuer and relaying party functionalities.
4. Development and demonstration of a prototype European privacy-preserving cyber threat data processing system, with real-world testing and validation of innovative technologies.
Aligned with Horizon Europe’s objectives, PRIVIDEMA enhances cybersecurity, data protection, and digital infrastructures. The project supports SMEs, promotes open-source development, and emphasizes privacy-by-design, aiming to drive cyber-resilient digitalization and innovation in Europe.
Vision
The PRIVIDEMA project envisions a future of robust, privacy-preserving technologies to enhance cybersecurity and protect personal data across Europe. With increasing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, especially targeting small businesses and individuals, PRIVIDEMA aims to tackle critical challenges in identity management and cyber threat intelligence. By developing secure, user-friendly solutions for biometric-based authentication and privacy-preserving cyber threat data sharing, the project addresses the EU’s cybersecurity goals, including the Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2 Directive. Through advanced technologies like homomorphic encryption, federated learning, and differential privacy, PRIVIDEMA strengthens digital infrastructure, supports European digital sovereignty, and enhances resilience against cyberattacks, ensuring a secure digital future for European citizens and organizations.
Keyfacts
Reference
Reference Number:
101167964
Programme type:
HORIZON-IA
Programme acronym:
HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-02
Duration
Project Start:
01.11.2024
36 Months
Cost and Funding
Costs: € 5.311.339,36
Funding: € 3.133.964,75
Motivation
Cybercrime has significant economic and social impacts, especially on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which face substantial financial losses and often bankruptcy after attacks. With the increasing digital transformation, cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in software, networks, and infrastructures, targeting sensitive data like personal and health information. Recent breaches have highlighted critical security gaps and the need for stronger defenses. The PRIVIDEMA project aims to address these challenges by developing privacy-preserving, user-friendly solutions for secure identity management and cyber threat intelligence. By leveraging advanced technologies like homomorphic encryption, federated learning, and biometric authentication, PRIVIDEMA strengthens European cybersecurity resilience. The project supports the EU’s digital sovereignty goals, enhances privacy compliance, and enables SMEs to adopt cutting-edge technologies, ensuring safer digital environments for businesses and citizens alike.
Mission and Objectives
The PRIVIDEMA project aims to enhance cybersecurity across Europe by addressing key vulnerabilities and promoting the adoption of privacy-preserving technologies. Its mission is to develop scalable, privacy-by-design solutions for identity management and cyber threat intelligence (CTI) that protect individuals, businesses, and institutions from emerging cyber threats. The project focuses on two main areas: improving biometric-based authentication for digital identities while ensuring privacy compliance, and enabling secure sharing of CTI through privacy-preserving protocols. The key objectives of PRIVIDEMA are:
Objective 1: Foster a community of European cybersecurity professionals by providing open-source tools, networking events, and capacity building.
Objective 2: Develop new methods for software and hardware acceleration to improve the usability and scalability of current technologies for homomorphic encryption.
Objective 3: Strengthen the sovereignty and privacy compliance of current solutions for ID management with biometric authentication using homomorphic encryption.
Objective 4: Improve cyber threat intelligence (CTI) by allowing multiple stakeholders to collaborate using privacy-preserving data sharing protocols.
Objective 5: Support SMEs in the adoption of state-of-the-art privacy-preserving and identity management technologies.
Work Packages
WP1
Project, Risk and Innovation Management P1
01.11.2024
30.04.2026
Detailed information
WP1 oversees the operational management and technical health of the PRIVIDEMA project, focusing on contractual, financial, legal, technical, and ethical aspects, while ensuring effective risk management and supporting research innovation opportunities.
WP2
Project, Risk and Innovation Management P2
01.05.2026
31.10.2027
Detailed information
Continuation of work as in WP1.
WP3
Requirements, Architecture and Specifications of Use Cases
01.11.2024
30.04.2026
Detailed information
WP3 focuses on capturing requirements for Use Case 1 (Identity management for Digital Wallet) and Use Case 2 (Secure data sharing for Cyber Threat Intelligence), deriving architecture and specifications for PET building blocks.
WP4
Library for efficient FHE P1
01.11.2024
30.04.2026
Detailed information
WP4 focuses on improving the scalability of privacy-preserving techniques for identity management by developing software for processing sensitive data using Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and enhancing existing libraries for better efficiency.
WP5
Library for efficient FHE P2
01.05.2026
31.10.2027
Detailed information
Continuation of work as in WP4.
WP6
Hardware acceleration for FHE P1
01.11.2024
30.04.2026
Detailed information
WP6 aims to develop hardware acceleration for Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) by creating middleware that integrates with GPU and FPGA platforms, improving computational efficiency and enabling real-time, industrial-grade applications.
WP7
Hardware acceleration for FHE P2
01.05.2026
31.10.2027
Detailed information
Continuation of work as in WP6.
WP8
Private data sharing and ML development with differential privacy guarantees
01.01.2025
31.08.2027
Detailed information
WP8 focuses on enhancing private data sharing for statistical inference and machine learning by applying differential privacy guarantees. It ensures data protection, scalability, and integration with FHE and FL protocols for secure collaborative analysis.
WP9
Validation and demonstration
01.10.2025
31.10.2027
Detailed information
WP9 focuses on validating and demonstrating the application of privacy-preserving technologies, including FHE and federated learning, in identity management and cyber threat intelligence use cases, ensuring compliance with EU regulations.
WP10
Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation P1
01.11.2024
30.04.2026
Detailed information
WP10 focuses on maximizing the project's impact through targeted dissemination, internal and external communication, contributing to the European Research Union, and exploiting scientific results to create innovative, competitive services.
WP11
Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation P2
01.05.2026
31.10.2027
Detailed information
Continuation of work as in WP10.
