UBITECH announces the official launch of ENFORCE – Enforcing End-Users-driven Secure Services Across Diverse Domains in the Computing Continuum, a new European research project coordinated by the company. The project kick-off meeting is hosted by UBITECH on 20–21 January 2026 in Athens, bringing together the project partners to initiate a 36-month collaborative effort that will run from January 2026 to December 2028. ENFORCE (Grant Agreement No. 101249431) delivers a pragmatic, standards-driven approach to strengthening the security and trustworthiness of critical infrastructures, with direct applicability to modern Security Orchestration Centre platforms. By combining IoT technologies, advanced 5G connectivity, and edge networking, the project addresses key challenges related to trust, security, and performance in highly interconnected digital environments.
ENFORCE focuses on infrastructure assurance, service-level assurance validation, real-time vulnerability assessment, and the automation of runtime updates and mitigation strategies, enabling resilient and trustworthy service deployment across diverse infrastructure domains at national and cross-border levels. The project is particularly targeted at large private organisations, including telecommunication providers, supporting the secure integration of advanced services and applications within their operational frameworks.
As coordinating partner, UBITECH leads the overall project governance and technical coordination, ensuring alignment with contractual objectives and schedules while supporting external project affairs and consolidating technical outputs across work packages. UBITECH is also responsible for key technological advancements, including platform extension mechanisms for continuous assurance assessment during service runtime, automated proactive decision-making against emerging threats, and the integration of attestation, assurance assessment, and vulnerability scanning tools with Security Information and Event Management systems. Advanced AI-based decision models that combine service performance, security, and policy considerations will be incorporated ahead of the final system integration and demonstrations.
The company will further develop automated response and recovery mechanisms for malicious incidents, enabling both immediate reactions such as fast isolation and service recovery, as well as advanced responses that ensure data confidentiality and continuity through secure Trusted Execution Environment migration. In parallel, UBITECH will design and validate attestation mechanisms to assess the trustworthiness of infrastructures ranging from edge-cloud nodes to smart IoT devices and gateways operating in untrusted environments. These technical contributions are undertaken by the company’s Networked Systems & Software Research Group (https://ubitech.eu/nss/).
Commenting on the launch, Dimitris Klonidis, Head of Networked Systems & Software, stated: “ENFORCE represents a significant step toward operational, end-user-driven security across the computing continuum. By combining continuous assurance, AI-based decision intelligence, and automated response mechanisms, we aim to deliver a platform that can be readily adopted by Security Operations Centres and critical infrastructure operators facing increasingly complex cyber threats.”
UBITECH’s project coordination and administrative leadership within ENFORCE are handled by the company’s Project Management Office (https://ubitech.eu/pmo/), ensuring robust governance, compliance, and efficient collaboration among partners. Christina Stratigaki, Head of the Project Management Office, added: “Coordinating ENFORCE allows UBITECH to leverage its strong technical and management expertise to drive impactful European research. Our focus is on ensuring smooth execution, effective collaboration, and the delivery of tangible results that can enhance cybersecurity resilience across multiple sectors.”
