ATHENA unifies secure virtual testbeds, integrated secure-engineering checks, continuous vulnerability detection, AI-based security services, and an EU compliance framework.
ATHENA brings rigorous, EU-aligned security into everyday workflows—early in development, continuous in operation, and evidence-ready for conformity and certification.
One framework covering development, testing, operation and compliance.
Sandboxed, reproducible security testing.
Checks in IDE/CI from day one.
Code, deps & configs—24/7.
Detection, triage, remediation.
Evidence & guidance for certification.
Six real-world use cases across Spain, Poland and Italy—validated from virtual testbeds to live deployments.
HOPLON platform and Valenciaport CCTV/VTS.
Mobile robots and the FREEP app.
WMS + truck queuing and C-ITS stack. Goal: availability, safety, CRA alignment.
Security-by-design for connected products.
CI/CD checks and continuous assurance.
Testbeds and evidence across stacks.
Procurement-ready compliance artefacts.
Resilience for ports, transport, energy.
Developer-first tooling, affordable adoption.
Structured evidence and reproducible tests.
ATHENA supports organisations across the value chain.
A multidisciplinary European consortium—research, industry, SMEs and end-users—co-designs and validates ATHENA.
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We are pleased to announce that the ATHENA project – Advanced Validation and Testing Environment for Enhancing the EU HW and SW Vulnerabilities Assessment and
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No 101225583 (ATHENA). Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
