ELASTIC at Cybersec Europe 2025

On 21 May 2025, the ELASTIC project was presented at Cybersec Europe, a leading cybersecurity conference held in Brussels, Belgium.

The project was featured at the Ghent University booth, where representatives from IMEC’s IDLab-DISCOVER research group, Merlijn Sebrechts, Bruno Volckaert and Laurens D’hooge engaged with visitors to share insights about ELASTIC’s research and technical developments.

Cybersec Europe gathered around 6,000 visitors, bringing together cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and industry leaders to discuss advancements in digital security and resilience.

Showcasing secure and resilient edge-cloud computing

ELASTIC’s presence at Cybersec Europe focused on its work to develop secure, trustworthy, and efficient data and edge-cloud computing frameworks. As digital services increasingly rely on distributed architectures, ensuring security, privacy, and operational resilience across edge and cloud environments is a critical priority.

Key aspects of ELASTIC’s approach include:

  • Trusted data processing: Leveraging Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), secure containerization, and hardware-based security features to protect sensitive data and workloads, even in heterogeneous or untrusted edge nodes.
  • Efficient edge-cloud orchestration: Designing architectures that coordinate resources dynamically across edge and cloud layers to ensure reliability, scalability, and high performance.
  • Resilience and anomaly detection: Integrating advanced monitoring and anomaly detection tools to rapidly identify and respond to security incidents, reducing downtime and enhancing overall system stability.
  • Privacy and data integrity: Implementing privacy-preserving techniques and robust data integrity checks to maintain compliance with data protection requirements and safeguard user trust.

Strengthening connections with the cybersecurity community

By participating in Cybersec Europe, ELASTIC had the opportunity to connect with a wide range of stakeholders interested in advancing secure digital infrastructures. Visitors to the Ghent University booth learned about the project’s technical solutions, potential applications, and contributions to creating more robust and secure distributed systems for sectors such as mobility, industrial automation, and urban services.

The presence of IDLab-DISCOVER at the Ghent University booth emphasized the collaborative nature of the work and highlighted the importance of bridging research and real-world deployment to achieve practical impact.

Participation in events like Cybersec Europe supports ELASTIC’s broader goals of promoting knowledge exchange, encouraging collaboration, and increasing awareness of advanced security solutions for edge-cloud systems.

For more information about the event, visit: Cybersec Europe website