On the 1 of October, 2020 a European project "Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in Cyber security of the Professor Tsvetan Lazarov Bulgarian Defence Institute" (CyNET *) was started. It is part of the National Programme "European Scientific Networks", which aims to:

• networking and partnership with foreign leading universities and scientific organizations;

• improving the capacity in the research field in terms of preparation of doctoral and postdoctoral programs, as well as project management;