Researchers: Xavi Masip, Eva Marín, Sergi Sánchez, Jordi Garcia, Sarang Kahvazadeh, Alejandro Jurnet and Pau Marcer
Duration of the Project: from 1 May 2016 until 30 April 2019
Consortium: ATOS SPAIN SA, WORLDSENSING Limited, UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS, CONSORZIO PER IL SISTEMA INFORMATIVO (CSI PIEMONTE), UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT, DB Netz AG, HOSPITAL CLINIC I PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA, Comsec Global LTD, BITDEFENDER SRL, AEGIS IT RESEARCH LTD.
CIPSEC project is an integral part of the “Digital Security: Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust” programme and addresses the issue related to improving the level of security and reliability of Critical Infrastructure Operational Technology and Networks in harmony with today Standards, while proposing innovative security methods. The main aim of CIPSEC is to create a unified security framework that orchestrates state-of-the-art heterogeneous security products to offer high levels of protection in IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) departments of Critical Infrastructures. As part of this framework CIPSEC will offer a complete security ecosystem of additional services that can support the proposed technical solutions to work reliably and at professional quality. These services include vulnerability tests and recommendations, CI technicians training courses, public-private partnerships (PPPs) for advanced contingency plan, forensic analysis, preliminary certification, and protection against cascading effects. All solutions and services will be validated in three pilots performed in three different CI environments (application domain: transportation, health and environment monitoring).