They get 60 million to protect AI systems against cyberattacks!
AI is increasingly being used in more and more areas. This also means that AI-based systems must be able to withstand cyberattacks. The RESIST project is receiving SEK 60 million from SSF to increase resilience to attacks.
The aim of SSF’s call for proposals Multidisciplinary Research Center Cyber-Resilience for AI-systems (MRC CRAI) is to make the large and highly AI-based systems of the future, for example in administration, healthcare, energy supply, durable and resilient to cyberattacks and technical errors. The goal is that the main parts of the AI systems should be functional even if an attacker has managed to penetrate and tries to influence them.
The five applications that were received involved most of the Swedish academic elite in AI and cybersecurity. There was great interest, with a total of 10 universities, colleges and research institutes participating, along with 29 companies and 13 community organizations.
With its very strong and broad consortium, the RESIST – Resilience and Security for Trustworthy AI Systems center was judged to have the best potential to meet the goals of the SSF call. RESIST brings together leading researchers from the universities of Linköping (host university), Lund and Örebro, as well as the research institute RISE. They collaborate with industry and society, where Ericsson, Saab, Epiroc, Sectra, Siemens Energy, Combient, FOI, MSB, Cybercampus Sverige, WARA-PS are part of the consortium.
The vision for RESIST is to make Sweden a role model in safe and reliable AI, with a holistic perspective on cyber resilience throughout the entire chain of development and use of AI. The research will be divided into four thematic areas: trustworthy and verifiable AI, security guarantees in use, secure AI-assisted software development, and resilient and distributed AI agents.
RESIST is multidisciplinary with expertise from different research fields, including AI and cybersecurity, and has a broad approach with perspectives from industry, end users and the rest of society. By several participating researchers also driving existing initiatives in AI and cybersecurity, such as WASP and Cybercampus, a strong broad research environment is created in Sweden at the intersection of AI systems and cyber resilience.
The center is part of SSF’s initiative on Multidisciplinary Research Centers (MRC). The aim is to stimulate multidisciplinary research between academia, research institutes, industry and society for sharper results and faster application. The project start is to take place between 1 January and 1 July 2026.
Contact persons:
Research Secretary Jonas Bjarne, jonas.bjarne@strategiska.se, 08-505 816 73 and
Program Manager Joakim Amorim, joakim.amorim@strategiska.se, +46 8 505 816 65