25 October 2025
The CYLCOMED project has reached a significant milestone in its mission to strengthen cybersecurity for Connected Medical Devices (CMDs). A major breakthrough is the development of the first Cybersecurity Toolbox prototype, designed by several consortium partners. This advanced toolbox incorporates cutting-edge innovations to simplify the integration process for device manufacturers, healthcare institutions, and platform integrators.
The prototype features a robust, multi-layered architecture comprising the following components:
- Data collection & analysis: allowing real-time monitoring and detection powered by machine learning, enabling rapid response even to zero-day vulnerabilities.
- Device security & service management: ensuring automated updates, vulnerability assessments, and other trusted services.
- Identity & access management: advanced identity verification, encryption, and secure access control.
The development of the CYLCOMED Toolbox follows an iterative process, with each component continuously improved through collaboration among partners. This ensures the toolbox remains modular and flexible, integrating various tools to address cybersecurity challenges for CMDs. Assets like Live Anomaly Detection System - LADS and Log Monitoring System - LOMOS are developed in isolated environments and rigorously tested, making them scalable and easily deployable across different infrastructures. Additionally, security access policies can be created and evaluated using Open Policy Agent - OPA, which acts as a proxy for any service endpoint.
By incorporating advanced AI-based threat detection methods, secure identity and access management, and robust device integrity checks, the CYLCOMED Toolbox significantly enhances the overall security posture of medical institutions. It helps reduce the attack surface of CMDs, ensuring that hospitals and healthcare organizations can maintain safe, secure, and compliant operations without requiring costly recertifications for legacy devices. Moreover, the toolbox fosters interoperability, paving the way for future-proof solutions that can evolve as new cybersecurity threats emerge.
The toolbox shows strong early adoption potential, with future plans to introduce a CYLCOMED Security Dashboard for centralized security monitoring. Continuous technical improvements are planned, with an enhanced version expected by early 2025, and the final release targeted for August 2025.
About Cylcomed
The CYLCOMED project is powered by a strong consortium made up of 10 partners: Atos Spain (Spain) , Atos IT Solutions and Services Iberia (Spain), MediaClinics (Italy), Martel GmbH (Switzerland), XLAB (Slovenia), Charité – Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (Germany), Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús (Spain), Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesú (Italy), RGB Medical Devices (Spain), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and Inov Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (Portugal), from seven European countries. The consortium combines business know-how, social sciences and deep technical insights in cybersecurity and data protection solutions. For more information, please visit www.cylcomed.eu.
CYLCOMED project has received funding from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°101095542.
