Project Overview

CS-AWARE started as a research and innovation project funded by the European commission in the context of the Horizion 2020 program. The project run from September 2017 to August 2020, during which time the CS-AWARE system has been specified, implemented, matured and tested in the context of pilots deployed in the municipalities of Rome (Italy) and Larissa (Greece). The system continues to be used by the pilot municipalities on a day-to-day basis. The project has produced a number of public deliverables and scientific publications, which remain available to the public through our web page.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

CYBERSECURITY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SOLUTION

Provide a cybersecurity situational awareness solution for local public administrations in line with the current and upcoming legal cybersecurity framework in the European Union and its member states.

AUTOMATION OF CYBER INCIDENT DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALISATION

Advance the automation of cyber incident detection, classification and visualisation to provide situational awareness. This includes socio-technical system analysis, data collection, data analysis and decision making as well as the visualisation of the findings.

CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE FRAMEWORK

Include a cybersecurity information exchange framework that embraces the collaboration and cooperation initiatives of European cybersecurity strategies. This includes the utilisation of cybersecurity data for threat detection as well a sharing of newly discovered cyber incident data.

CYBER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IMPORTANCE IN CYBERSECURITY

Illustrate that cyber situational awareness is a key technology in cybersecurity by building advanced features like system self-healing on top of the situational awareness capabilities.

END-USER INVOLVEMENT AND PILOT TESTING

Evaluate and validate the user needs through end-user involvement and pilot testing. This includes the evaluation of the balance between automation and user control, usability features like multi-lingual support as well as the evaluation of business needs.

PROJECT PARTNERS

ANDRIESSEN JEFFREY ELBERTUS BARTHOLOMEUS

Project Coordinator:

OULUN YLIOPISTO

Pentti Kaiteran Katu 1
90014 OULU
Finland
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Prof. Juha Röning

University of Oulu
Biomimetics and Intelligent Systems Group (BISG)
P.O. Box 4500
FIN-90014 University of Oulu
Room TS 305

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 740723. This communication reflects only the author’s view and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.