Our Work
In today's rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, Europe faces an escalating threat from hybrid tactics, where adversaries exploit vulnerabilities to undermine societal functions. Critical infrastructures are increasingly targeted as entry points for sabotage, leading to severe disruptions in essential services. These infrastructures and the entities that operate them are vital to modern society, providing crucial services in sectors such as energy, transportation, drinking water, and digital infrastructure. They are integral to economic stability and the well-being of citizens. Recognizing the urgency of this challenge, there is a growing call for a whole-of-society approach to enhance resilience across communities.
The JRC’s hybrid threats and critical entities resilience (HYCER) team, leverages its long-term experience in these areas to enhance European security and defense. By fostering collaboration among policymakers, analysts, and Member States, the team aims to expand upon its established foundation in these domains. The activities of the HYCER team are organized along two main axes: resilience to hybrid threats and critical entities resilience.
Resilience to Hybrid ThreatsEnhancing Europe’s Resilience against Hybrid Threats requires a whole of society approach involving all communities and government levels to address complex challenges to democratic societies.
Critical Entities ResilienceStrengthening the resilience and security of critical infrastructures and entities is essential for the continuity of essential services and vital functions against compound and systemic risks.
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