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NetSec press kit

Everything you need to write about, link to, or hand out the Action: the promotional posters, our colour palette, the typography we use, the standard funding statement, and the rules for re-using any of it.

NetSec was founded by 52 researchers across 21 countries through the COST Open Call in 2024, and now brings together 51 Management Committee representatives across 31 countries. Those two figures are the institutional-commitment line we suggest for press and evaluator copy: the founding numbers say where the Action came from, the current numbers say where it stands today.

One thing worth highlighting: the website runs a weekly member spotlight that gives one researcher from the open directory the front page for a week. The rotation deliberately favours early-career investigators and members from Inclusiveness Target Countries, so it works as a small, concrete inclusiveness measure rather than a popularity contest.

1. Promotional posters

Single-page posters designed for conference sessions, training-school noticeboards, departmental corkboards, and any other moment when a passer-by has ten seconds to absorb what NetSec is. The general poster introduces the Action; the directory poster invites scholars to add their bio.

NetSec promotional A3 poster, Networking European security knowledge. Eight headline features, the directory's running numbers, a mock of the searchable Network directory, a QR code resolving to netsec-cost.eu, and the COST / EU funding statement.

General poster

The Action's name and MoU, eight headline features, the directory's running numbers, a mock of the Network search UI, a QR code resolving to netsec-cost.eu, and the COST / EU funding-statement strip.

FormatA3 portrait (297 × 420 mm) Sourcedocs/promo/poster-promo.html Print raster2480 × 3508 px · ~192 dpi · PNG Card raster800 × 1131 px · 96 dpi · PNG LicenceCC BY 4.0, keep the funding-statement strip intact

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Directory poster

A call to add your bio to the directory: the headline question, a short description of the open searchable directory across 30+ countries, a QR code that opens the add-your-bio form, three reasons to join (be findable, connect across borders, mentor and be mentored), and the COST / EU funding-statement strip.

FormatA4 portrait (210 × 297 mm) Sourcedocs/promo/poster-directory.pdf Print filePDF (vector), also 1240 × 1754 px PNG Card raster760 × 1075 px · PNG LicenceCC BY 4.0, keep the funding-statement strip intact

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2. Logos and emblems

The Action uses three marks together: the NetSec letter-mark, the COST corporate logo, and the EU emblem. Pairing them is contractual for any communication that announces NetSec activities or outputs.

NetSec mark and lockup

Four PNG variants under assets/images/brand/: primary lockup for light backgrounds, white lockup for dark backgrounds, monochrome lockup for single-colour print, and the four-petal mark alone for avatars and favicons (595×599). The launch-era CSS-only "NS" placeholder was replaced by the designer's mark in website v1.8.0.

Primary · White · Mono · Mark

COST corporate logo

© COST Association. Always pair with the EU emblem and the funding statement. The authoritative versions live in the COST visual-identity toolkit. The JPG used on this site is at assets/images/cost-logo.jpg.

EU emblem

Used per the EU visual identity manual for Funded by the EU communication. The SVG above is inlined on every page of this site. Copy the source to reuse.

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Action number

Always cite CA24154 (and MoU 063/25 in formal communications) alongside the NetSec name when referring to the Action in writing.

3. Colour palette

Two accent colours plus an ink and a neutral background. Token names match assets/css/site.css if you want to align with the live site.

EU blue

#003399

Primary accent. Buttons, focus rings, the "NS" mark, the EU flag field.

Apple blue

#0A84FF

Hyperlinks, secondary accent, gradient end-stop.

Ink

#0B1220

Headings, primary text in light mode. Surface colour in dark mode.

Paper

#F6F8FC

Page background in light mode.

4. Typography

Two faces from Google Fonts. Lexend for display, Inter for body, both at variable weights, both used on every page of the site.

Display, Lexend 600

Networking European security knowledge

Headings (h1–h4), the "NS" mark, big stat numbers.

Body, Inter 400 / 500

Inter sets the body type across the site, with selective weight shifts for emphasis. It's the most-tested UI face for screen reading at small sizes.

5. Funding-statement boilerplate

This is the standard text to include in any publication, presentation, deliverable, or external communication that references NetSec activity or outputs. Verbatim where space permits. Abridged versions follow.

Full form. This work is based upon work from COST Action CA24154 NetSec: Networking European Security Knowledge, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation. www.cost.eu. Funded by the European Union.

Short form (for slide footers, social posts, talk-end credit slides): Supported by COST Action CA24154 NetSec, funded by the European Union.

One-line credit (for figure captions and inline mentions): NetSec · COST Action CA24154 · Funded by the European Union.

6. Suggested attribution

If you reuse content from this site (page copy, documentation, the poster, figures, diagrams), the CC BY 4.0 licence requires you to give credit and link back. The suggested form:

Based on content from COST Action NetSec (CA24154), https://netsec-cost.eu, CC BY 4.0.

For academic citations, the canonical reference is the Action's record on the COST website: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24154/. Individual outputs (publications, datasets, training-school materials) carry their own per-output citation, which takes precedence.

7. Rules of use

✓ Do

Pair the NetSec mark with COST and EU emblems on the same surface.
Include the funding statement (any form above) on every external communication.
Cite CA24154 and MoU 063/25 in formal correspondence.
Reuse the poster in print and digital under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.
Adapt our colour palette and typography for derivative materials.
Forward this page (or the URL) to anyone who needs our assets.

✗ Don't

Crop the funding-statement strip out of the poster or any derivative.
Use the NetSec mark to suggest endorsement of an external product or project.
Modify the COST or EU logos (proportions, colours, accompanying text).
Use the poster as the Open Graph / social-share image for the website, wrong aspect ratio. The canonical share card is assets/images/og-image.png.
Reuse NetSec member photographs without each member's individual permission.

8. Stakeholder documentation pack

For a complete picture of the website, the open directory, and the technology behind them, written for evaluators and incoming maintainers, see the documentation pack:

Open the documentation pack (PDF, 21 MB)

9. Contact for media enquiries

For interviews, photo requests, attribution clarifications, or anything not covered here, use the contact form on the home page with "press" in your message. Responses within one working week.

This press kit is maintained by Dr Arthur Laudrain (MC member, CH, ETH Zurich), who is also the site maintainer for the Action.

Press kit v1.1 · revised 28 May 2026 · supersedes v1.0 · prepared by Dr Arthur Laudrain · matches website at netsec-cost.eu.