SPHYNX ANALYTICS LIMITED

Their core work

Sphynx Analytics is a Cyprus-based cybersecurity and resilience analytics company specializing in protecting critical systems — particularly in healthcare and IoT environments. They develop tools for cyber range training, risk assessment, system hardening, and survivability of complex software systems under attack. Their work bridges cybersecurity with domain-specific applications like electronic health records, indoor robotics, and intelligent IoT platforms.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Sphynx Analytics entered H2020 in 2019 with a focus on foundational resilience research — bio-inspired computing, adaptive software systems, and system survivability under extreme conditions. By 2020-2021, their work shifted decisively toward applied cybersecurity in specific domains: healthcare system protection, electronic health records security, indoor robot hardening, and secure IoT. The trajectory shows a company moving from theoretical resilience concepts to practical, sector-specific cybersecurity solutions.

Sphynx is converging on cybersecurity for sensitive operational environments — healthcare, robotics, IoT — where security failures have physical consequences, positioning them for the growing demand in cyber-physical system protection.

How they like to work

Sphynx operates exclusively as a participant, never as a coordinator, which suggests they contribute specialized technical expertise rather than managing large research programs. With 40 unique partners across 13 countries from just 4 projects, they work in mid-to-large consortia and have a broad European network. This profile indicates a reliable specialist contributor that integrates well into diverse teams without demanding a leadership role.

Despite only 4 projects, Sphynx has built a remarkably wide network of 40 unique partners spanning 13 countries — an average of 10 partners per project. This suggests consistent participation in large, multi-national consortia with strong European reach.

What sets them apart

Sphynx occupies a rare niche at the intersection of cybersecurity analytics and healthcare/IoT system protection — a combination few companies in Cyprus or the wider region offer. Their progression from resilience theory (bio-inspired survivability) to applied healthcare cybersecurity gives them both deep technical foundations and practical domain knowledge. For consortium builders, they bring cybersecurity expertise that understands the specific constraints of medical and robotic environments, not just generic IT security.

Highlights from their portfolio

• IntellIoT
  Their largest project by far (EUR 456,250), focused on intelligent and trustworthy IoT environments — their entry point into applied IoT security.
• RESPECT
  Combines cybersecurity with indoor robotics and healthcare — an unusual and forward-looking intersection of ROS security, eHealth, and privacy preservation.
• BIO-PHOENIX
  Investigates how complex software systems can reconstruct themselves near extinction states using biological principles — a distinctive foundational research contribution.