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Read SME-D's chairman Magnus Sjöland's blog post "Does Sweden want to be involved or should we stand outside?" on the Royal Swedish Academy of Military Sciences website.

The areas discussed were how category management can streamline procurement, the challenge of skills provision and how to develop one's ability in requirements and evaluation. The approach was that FMV, SOFF and SME-D were given the opportunity to give their views, which was then followed up with a discussion in which the audience was also invited to participate. A very successful concept, very […]

On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, nearly 100 stakeholders with an interest in how technical consultants contribute to strengthening defense capabilities will gather. We will discuss roles, forms and agreements. FMV is holding an Industry Day – technical consultants together with SOFF and SME-D. Read more in SME-D's calendar.

This was the question we sought to answer during SACS and SME-D's joint seminar on the theme "How can we strengthen societal security through innovation procurement?". The seminar offered different perspectives and interesting discussions. Among the speakers were representatives from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, the Swedish Procurement Authority, Vinnova, FMV, MSB, Lund University and Ideon Science Park. All speakers agreed on the major […]

SME-D has been given the opportunity to submit comments on the submission titled: General information about the report The inquiry has as a whole proposed a Swedish implementation of the NIS Directive that is well considered and good. The requirements that the NIS Directive places on the Member States are mainly handled well, however, there is potential for improvement when it comes to achieving an actual increase in operational capability in the sectors concerned. […]

IT security has suddenly come up on the political agenda since the IT scandal at the Swedish Transport Agency broke earlier this summer. Now an IT index developed by information security companies and Stockholm University shows that the finance and insurance industry is the best at IT security, while municipalities are at the bottom. ”There is a naivety among municipalities. Unlike county councils, which realize […]

Stockholm, June 21, 2017 Generic Sweden is selling its consulting business, Generic Systems, to MSC Group AB. Generic Sweden AB has today entered into an agreement with MSC Group AB (publ) to sell 100 % of the shares in Generic Systems Sweden AB to MSC Group. The sale is being implemented as of today. Payment for the shares in Generic Systems Sweden AB will be received in the form of a cash consideration […]

The Government decided on 11 May 2017 to instruct the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) to further promote and develop coherent planning for total defence. The decision means that the Government is raising its ambitions when it comes to the authorities' work on war deployment and planning and collaboration on total defence issues. Read the full press release here.

The government is tightening the requirements for municipalities, county councils and authorities to meet their statutory obligations within total defence. Read the government's press release here.

The inquiry into the implementation of the NIS Directive submitted its report ”Information security for essential and digital services” (SOU 2017:36) to Minister of the Interior Anders Ygeman this week. The inquiry proposes a new law and a new ordinance on information security for certain providers of essential and digital services. The proposals apply to certain public and private entities that provide essential services within seven areas of protection […]

On April 25, SME-D held its annual meeting at Teknikföretagen in Stockholm. The theme of the meeting was export. Member companies Advenica and Know it Dataunit shared their experiences of building up operations in markets outside Sweden. Annelie Stiglund, responsible for trade issues at Teknikföretagen, spoke about, among other things, that Teknikföretagen will be involved in financing […]

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has ordered technical studies on solutions for protecting communications. The order value is approximately SEK 1.7 million and delivery will take place in the autumn of 2017. Advenica has been developing encryption solutions for the needs of the Swedish total defence since 2002. In addition to new development, Advenica has conducted system maintenance, environmental monitoring and various types of technical studies on […]