EIT Digital – Privacy, Security and Trust Action Line is 1 of 8 Thematic Action Lines of EIT Digital. EIT Digital, in turn, is 1 of 5 Knowledge and Innovation Communities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

ECSEL JU .Electronic components and systems are a pervasive Key Enabling Technology, impacting all industrial branches and almost all aspects of life. They provide the fabric on which the internet runs; they give life to portable phones and tablets.

Association for European NanoElectronics Activities providing unparalleled networking opportunities, policy influence & supported access to funding in the field of micro- and nano-electronics enabled components and systems.

Univ. Luxembourg – SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (Luxembourg). The SnT conducts internationally competitive research in information and communication technology, ICT, with high relevance creating socio-economic impact. In addition to long-term high-risk research, SnT engages in demand-driven collaborative projects with industry and the public sector. Therefore, the centre has set up a Partnership Program with now 32 members targeting strategic areas, addressing challenges, confronting industry and the public sector in ICT. These resulting concepts present a genuine, long-lasting competitive advantage for companies in Luxembourg and beyond. SnT has undergone a rapid development since its launch in 2009; recruiting top scientists, launching over 50 EU and ESA projects, creating a technology transfer office (TTO), protecting and licensing IP, launching four spin-offs, and creating a dynamic interdisciplinary research environment with some 260 people.

Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique – Décentralisé Team (France). Established in 1967, French public research body fully dedicated to computational sciences. Their new high ­security laboratory in Rennes (est. 2015) focuses on the development of secure systems in general, and more specifically on P2P and privacy­-enhancing network protocols. The team is lead by Christian Grothoff.

Goethe University – Deutsche Telekom Chair for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security (Germany). Leads in research on issues of privacy and security in innovative mobile networks, and related social and economical aspects. Leads some of the most important EU R&D project in the area of privacy, including: ABC4trust, TresPass, PrivacyOS. Chair is Prof. Kai Rannenberg, member of the NIS Platform for Individual Rights.

American Mini Foundry (USA). A dormant but leading startup in ultra high-assurance IC foundry oversight. They have unprecedented world-class competencies in hardware design and fabrication assurance processes. Among the management team members that will be involved is their President Scodden, and Gerry Etzold, the former Technical Director of NSA Trusted Foundry Program (2008-2009).