STARION NEDERLAND BV

Their core work

Starion Nederland BV, operating under the name Jaqar Space Engineering, is a Leiden-based private SME whose H2020 footprint sits squarely in applied cybersecurity for critical and regulated environments. Across three projects they contributed to cyber-range design, threat simulation, hospital IT protection and the building blocks of a European cybersecurity competence network. Their work combines hands-on technical engineering with training, certification and risk-assessment methodologies rather than fundamental research. The company's parallel identity as a space engineering firm suggests broader systems-engineering capability carried into the cyber domain.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2018 their visible work was concentrated on generic civil cyber-range infrastructure, attack simulation and professional training (CYBERWISER.EU). From 2019 onward the focus broadened in two directions: vertical application to healthcare (PANACEA, with IoMT, blockchain and privacy-by-design) and horizontal scale-up to an EU competence-network model (ECHO, with federated cyber ranges, early warning systems and skills frameworks). The shift is from building a single training platform toward sector-specific risk assessment and pan-European coordination layers.

They are moving from technical cyber-range tooling toward governance, certification and sector-specific (health) cyber risk — a useful partner for consortia that need both hands-on simulation and policy-aligned frameworks.

How they like to work

All three H2020 engagements are as a third party rather than coordinator or named beneficiary, which points to a specialist subcontractor profile working under a larger partner's grant agreement. They have touched 66 distinct consortium partners across 19 countries, so while they do not lead, they plug into large, geographically broad projects. Expect them to deliver a defined technical or training component rather than to shape the overall work plan.

Connected to 66 unique partners across 19 countries through just three projects, reflecting participation in unusually large pan-European consortia. Their network leans toward EU-wide cybersecurity competence building rather than a single national cluster.

What sets them apart

Most Dutch cybersecurity SMEs in H2020 specialise in one vertical; Starion/Jaqar shows up across training, healthcare and EU competence-network projects, suggesting a flexible engineering shop rather than a single-product vendor. The space-engineering heritage implied by the Jaqar name is unusual in this peer group and hints at systems-engineering discipline applied to cyber problems. They are a candidate when a consortium needs an experienced third-party contributor who can slot into a large, multi-partner cyber programme without coordination overhead.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ECHO
  Flagship H2020 pilot for a European network of cybersecurity competence centres — one of four projects shaping the later EU Cybersecurity Competence Centre.
• PANACEA
  Rare combination of hospital cybersecurity, IoMT identity management and blockchain — positions them in the growing health-cyber market.
• CYBERWISER.EU
  Delivered a civil cyber range with a commercial training angle, giving them hands-on experience in a product-like cybersecurity platform.