EU Commission & Thales Pilot Secure EDF Collaboration Suite

Pilot project European Commission and Thales: Secure the Collaboration of EDF Projects

2026-07-07 Source: Press release Thales, adapted by 1 min Reading Time

The European Commission is conducting a pilot project to evaluate the use of a secure collaborative suite for European defence projects. This suite ensures the exchange and co-edition of documents are cybersecure and that the management of collaborative spaces are compliant with "RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED" (R-UE/EU-R) security standards.

Real-time co-authoring on a single document and cloud-based remote collaboration have become key enablers for the successful delivery of complex projects. Until now, however, these capabilities have remained incompatible with the stringent security requirements governing projects involving restricted information.

To facilitate collaboration on European Defence Fund (EDF) projects and to ensure the highest level of data protection, the European Commission has chosen to run a pilot study with TrustNest R-Suite, a secure collaborative suite offered by Thales, world leader in high technology in defence, aerospace, cybersecurity, and digital, over a one-year period.

This solution offers an environment that meets the security requirements applicable to the Restreint Union Européenne (R-UE/EU-R) information classification for the exchange and storage of documents, telephone calls, videoconferencing and the management of collaborative workspaces, provided that it is attached to a RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED approved network.

As part of this pilot project, a key milestone has just been reached: the issuance of the Restreint Union European approval (R-UE/EU-R) by the European Commission and the ANSSI for the interconnection between R-Cloud and the Commission’s R-UE/EU-R network.

Launched in 2023, the TrustNest R-Suite application suite is hosted on the TrustNest R-Cloud platform, which has provided a secure cloud hosting solution since 2022, accredited for EU Restricted (EU-R) and French Restricted Distribution (Diffusion Restreinte – DR) information.

TrustNest R-Suite reinforces its ambition to become the trusted collaborative environment of choice for major French and European strategic programmes. It provides a comprehensive portfolio of secure services and access points, enabling all stakeholders to connect within a trusted ecosystem and accelerate end-to-end collaboration.

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