About

STARLIGHT aims to create a community that brings together LEAs, researchers, industry, and practitioners in the security ecosystem under a coordinated and strategic effort to bring AI into operational practices.

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Understand

Improve the widespread understanding of AI across LEAs to reinforce their investigative and cybersecurity operations and the need to uphold legal, ethical and societal values

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Exploit

Provide opportunities to LEAs to exploit AI tools and solutions in their operational work that are trustworthy, transparent and human-centric

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Protect

Ensure that LEAs can protect their own AI systems through privacy- and security-by-design approaches, better cybersecurity tools and knowledge

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Combat

Raise LEAs’ expertise and capacity to combat the misuse of AI-supported crime and terrorism

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Boost

Boost AI for LEAs in Europe delivering long-term sustainability through an AI hub that supports a strong security industry and enhances LEA strategic autonomy in AI.

Project Spotlight

Get to know our project through more engaging videos. Dive into our story and explore our vision for a brighter future.

STARLIGHT Newsletter: Second Edition, November 2023

Welcome to the second edition of our newsletter as we bid our farewell to the STARLIGHT project's second year, filled with significant achievements and progress.

STARLIGHT at SRE 2023

The Security Research Event (SRE) is an annual gathering that unites industry leaders, policymakers, and knowledge institutions to address the ever-evolving landscape of security research in Europe.

STARLIGHT's First Physical Pilot

On October 26, 2023, the STARLIGHT project hit an important milestone with its 1st Physical Pilot.

STARLIGHT at the Anti-FinTer Seminar in Brussels

On October 26, 2023, the STARLIGHT team had the pleasure of attending the second Anti-FinTer Policy Seminar in Brussels, Belgium.

Project Details

Coordinator CEA, France
Partners 50
Duration Oct 2021 – Sep 2025
Budget €18.8m

STARLIGHT was funded as an innovation action under the H2020-SU-AI02 call - ‘Secure and resilient Artificial Intelligence technologies, tools and solutions in support of Law Enforcement and citizen protection, cybersecurity operations and prevention and protection against adversarial Artificial Intelligence’. The project began in October 2021 and will last 48 months. STARLIGHT brings together 50 partners from across 18 different European countries with 15 law enforcement agencies.

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