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The Horizon Europe project CHESS – Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia co-sponsored the 23rd Estonian Summer School on Computer and Systems Science (ESSCaSS 2026), held from 18–21 August in the coastal village of Käsmu, Estonia. Organized by the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, ESSCaSS is… Read More »CHESS Showcases Cybersecurity Research and Innovation at ESSCaSS 2026
As the CHESS project enters its final phase, consortium members continue to share project results with the communities that can put them into practice. At the beginning of June, eleven project members attended the Information Security Summit Prague (IS2), one of the longest-running cybersecurity conferences in Central Europe. CHESS contributed… Read More »CHESS Participation at the Information Security Summit Prague (IS2)
The CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub journal’s first presentations were held on the 29th of June 2026. It was a special session at the Baltic DB&IS 2026 conference (https://dbis2026.cs.ut.ee/), with attendees from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, France, Sweden, the Czech Republic and other countries. The partners presented the CHESS Cyber-Security Excellence Hub… Read More »CHESS Journal First Presentations at Baltic DB&IS Conference
From everyday collaboration to high-level visits: CHESS highlights Czech–Estonian cybersecurity The CHESS project played an important role during the state visit of the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, to Estonia. As an established platform connecting partners across Estonia and South Moravia, CHESS served as a concrete example of… Read More »CHESS Project at the Presidential Visit from the Czech Republic
This year, the conference centred on Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) — a cryptographic technology that enables individuals to prove eligibility for services without revealing their underlying personal data. In the opening speech, Dan Bogdanov (Cybernetica, Estonian Academy of Sciences) positioned zero-knowledge as a technology critical to the future of bureaucracy… Read More »Future Cryptography Conference 2026 in Tallinn
On May 11-13, SME cybersecurity training in Lima, Peru, organized by LAC4 and the Andean Community, Mari Seeba, in the role of EUCyberNet expert, successfully integrated the MASS self-assessment tool developed within the CHESS project. Prior to the three-day seminar, participating SMEs completed the MASS evaluation to map their cybersecurity posture. During the event, these baseline results were analyzed in… Read More »CHESS participation in SME cybersecurity training organized by LAC4 and Andean Community
On 19 March 2026, the CHESS Demo Day took place at the Palo Alto Club in Tallinn. Organised by the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA / NCSC‑EE) and followed by the RIA CyberMeetUp, the event focused on demonstrating practical cybersecurity tools and solutions developed within the CHESS project, with a… Read More »CHESS Demo Day 2026 organized by RIA at CyberMeetUp Tallinn
Muhammed Erbas explains how the autonomy of ships changes navigation and cyber-attacks From oceangoing watchkeeping officer to researcher working to secure the future of autonomous ships, Muhammed Erbas combines hands-on maritime experience with advanced expertise in AI and cybersecurity. He is currently a PhD candidate at Tallinn University of Technology… Read More »When humans and algorithms co-decide: An interview with a CHESS fellow
Students and researchers gathered at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University in Brno for the CHESS Students’ Day 2025, an event showcasing the results of undergraduate and graduate students involved in CHESS mini-projects and related research activities. The programme featured a series of technical talks covering topics such as safe… Read More »CHESS Students’ Day 2025
The TalTech Department of Software Science at the TalTech School of IT was proud to host the 4th consortium meeting of the EU-funded CHESS (Cyber-Security Excellence Hub) project on January 28–29. Gathering in the snowy capital of Estonia, project partners embarked on two days of intensive collaboration to drive the… Read More »CHESS consortium meeting 2026 at Tallinn, Estonia