To help businesses achieve basic cybersecurity, EU created the NIS directive in 2016. The NIS2 directive was adopted in 2022 because NIS’ weaknesses prevented it from effectively addressing current and new cybersecurity threats, considering that 28% of European SMEs were cybercrime victims in 2021. CYBER-UP will provide advanced cybersecurity and protection training to stakeholders adopting NIS2. The CYBER-UP course will also help SMEs that are not covered by NIS2, improve their cybersecurity.