The overall mission of NESSoS is contributing to the trustworthiness of software services and systems for the Future Internet, by achieving and increasing research excellence in the domain of engineering secure software services and systems. To achieve its mission, NESSoS has the following specific objectives, all strongly related to the integration of fragmented efforts and communities:

• OBJ1 - Long-lasting research community
• OBJ2 - Common body of knowledge
• OBJ3 - Integrated research agendas
• OBJ4 - Integrated infrastructure tools and methodologies
• OBJ5 - Spreading of excellence
• OBJ6 - Mobility of human resources
• OBJ7 - Industrial impact

In addition, NESSoS targets specific research objectives. These research objectives aim for integrating research among the partners.

• ROBJ1 - Engineering discipline secure software FI services
• ROBJ2 - Security assurance
• ROBJ3 - Risk- and Cost-aware SDLC