VMRay and the Strategic Role of Malware Analysis in European Cyber Sovereignty
Assessing Technological Substitution Capacity within EU and NATO Readiness Frameworks
The strategic relevance of advanced malware and phishing analysis in Europe must be examined within the broader transformation of cyber security from a technical support function into a core element of operational readiness and industrial sovereignty. As European Union and NATO frameworks increasingly frame cyber resilience as integral to deterrence, crisis management and collective defence, the availability of high-fidelity analytical capabilities becomes a structural question rather than a purely commercial one. In this context, VMRay’s evasion-resistant sandboxing and threat-analysis platform occupies a specific enabling layer: it converts hostile code and digital artefacts into actionable intelligence that can be integrated into incident response, threat hunting and multinational information-sharing processes. The key analytical issue is not the generic capacity to detect malicious activity, but the extent to which a European-headquartered provider can deliver interoperable, trustworthy outputs at operational tempo, thereby contributing to reduced dependency in sensitive analytical workflows.