Sofia-based specialist combining energy grid operations and critical infrastructure cybersecurity across pan-European consortia.
MIG 23 LTD is a Sofia-based private company operating at the crossover between energy market operations and digital security for critical energy infrastructure. In the energy domain, their work covers TSO-DSO coordination, pan-European grid service architectures, network codes, and congestion management in wholesale electricity markets. On the security side, they contribute to protecting energy systems through vulnerability assessments, anomaly detection, DDoS mitigation, and SIEM-based monitoring of industrial environments. The combination of both competencies in a single organization is unusual and reflects the growing reality that grid digitalization and grid security are inseparable challenges.
Participated in INTERRFACE (2019-2022), a pan-European Innovation Action focused on TSO-DSO-Consumer interface architecture, network codes, and congestion management in wholesale electricity markets.
Participated in EnergyShield (2019-2022), an integrated cybersecurity solution covering vulnerability assessment, anomaly detection, DDoS mitigation, and SIEM for critical energy systems.
INTERRFACE keywords include pan-EU market, operators collaboration, and data management, indicating familiarity with cross-border energy market rules and coordination frameworks.
EnergyShield work spans anomaly detection, DDoS mitigation, and SIEM — a stack specific to operational technology (OT) environments rather than generic IT security.
Both H2020 projects started in 2019, so the keyword split between energy market operations and cybersecurity reflects two parallel workstreams rather than a genuine shift over time. This means MIG 23 entered EU research collaboration already holding both competencies simultaneously — energy grid operations expertise and security for those same grids — rather than evolving from one to the other. The most meaningful takeaway is that their profile is deliberately dual-domain: they likely serve clients or projects where digitalized energy systems and the need to secure them converge.
With grid digitalization accelerating across Europe and regulatory attention on OT/SCADA security growing, MIG 23's combined energy-market and cybersecurity profile positions them well for projects addressing secure smart grids, digital energy transition, or NIS2-driven compliance in the energy sector.
MIG 23 has participated exclusively as a consortium partner across both projects, never as coordinator — indicating they are brought in as a defined specialist rather than driving project strategy. Both projects are large Innovation Actions with wide pan-European consortia, and MIG 23 accumulated 65 unique partners across 20 countries from just two participations, which reflects comfort operating within complex, multi-stakeholder project structures. Expect them to deliver a focused technical contribution within a larger coordinated effort rather than taking on administrative or leadership responsibilities.
From only two projects, MIG 23 has built a network of 65 consortium partners spanning 20 countries — a scale typically associated with organizations with far larger project portfolios. Both INTERRFACE and EnergyShield were large, EU-wide Innovation Actions drawing partners from across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, giving MIG 23 broad but project-specific connections in the energy and security research communities.
MIG 23's differentiation lies in combining energy market operations knowledge — network codes, TSO-DSO interfaces, pan-EU wholesale markets — with hands-on cybersecurity work for critical energy infrastructure, a pairing that is uncommon in a single private company. Their Bulgarian base adds value for consortia seeking Eastern European representation or expertise on grid integration in EU accession and near-accession energy markets. For a consortium building on energy digitalization, critical infrastructure protection, or NIS2 compliance in the energy sector, they bring cross-domain expertise that most energy or security specialists cannot match alone.
