Sánchez, Julia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-4746
Briones, Alan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-8669
Ricci, Sara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0842-4951
Čegan, Jakub https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5467-7055
Chatzopoulou, Argyro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-929X
Danidou, Yianna https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-9701
Menegatos, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2469-5535
Corral, Guiomar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7309-2223
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Commission (621701-EPP-1-2020-1-LT-EPPKA2-SSA-B)
European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (101145874)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 5 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that this work was developed within the framework of the REWIRE - Cybersecurity Skills Alliance: A New Vision for Europe project, which has received support from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. REWIRE is co-funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement No. 621701-EPP-1-2020-1-LT-EPPKA2-SSA-B. Two of the authors (Yianna Danidou and Argyro Chatzopoulou) serve as guest editors for the Special Issue to which this paper has been submitted. They were not involved in the peer review process of this manuscript and will have no access to reviewer information or decisions.
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