PRECINCT

European Critical Infrastructures (CIs) are increasingly exposed to cyberattacks and natural hazards. While research has been focused on solutions to protect individual CIs, interrelations among different CIs have become increasingly complex, especially in urban settings. This made the management of impacts and cascading effects significantly more complex, with important challenges in ensuring rapid recovery. PRECINCT (Preparedness and Resilience Enforcement for Critical INfrastructure Cascading Cyberphysical Threats and Effects with Focus on District or Regional Protection) intends to integrate and connect the different  CI components (both public and private) within a specific geographical area, providing “cyber-physical” security with a unified approach that ensures the protection of the territory, citizens, and infrastructures.

PRECINCT aims to deliver:

• A framework for systematic security configuration elements and resilience management that meets industry requirements
• A collaborative infrastructure for managing cyber-physical security and resilience across different facilities
• A vulnerability assessment tool to identify potential vulnerabilities to cascading effects and quantify resilience enhancement measures
• A Digital Twin that represents the CI network and its metadata profiles, able to detect breaches and provide optimized responses and mitigation measures
• A Smart PRECINCT ecosystem, distributed across four Living Labs with demonstrators to validate transferability, providing evidence through measurements of benefits and creating Digital Twins of the CIs located within

ITL, in collaboration with Lepida and Bologna Airport and with the support of the Italian Railway Network (RFI), is developing a demonstrator related to transport. Specifically, scenarios focus on cyber-physical attacks targeting railway or airport infrastructures, combined with fake news and a cyber-attack on Lepida’s system. These threats undermine critical infrastructures’ and authorities’ ability to communicate with the public, causing cascading effects on the mobilisation of first response services.

Lead Partner:

Inlecom Commercial Pathways, IE

Partners:

University College Dublin, IE

AITAustrian Institute Of Technology GmbH, AT

Research Driven Solutions Limited, IE

Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion, ES

Akka High Tech, FR

Montimage EURL, FR

Nurogames GmbH, DE

Conceptivity s.a.r.l., CH

European Organisation For SecurityBE

Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation, ES

Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica S.p.a, IT

Confederation Of Organisations In Road Transport Enforcement (CORTE), BE

Konnecta Systems Limited, IE

VLTN, BE

Water-Link OV, BE

Politiezone Van Antwerpen, BE

Vias Institute, BE

Kentro Meleton Asfaleias, EL

Institut Za Korporativne Varnostne Studije Ljubljana, SI

Slovenske Zeleznice d.o.o., SI

Prometni Institut Ljubljana d.o.o., SI

Javno Podjetje Ljubljanski Potniski Promet d.o.o., SI

Telekom Slovenije d.d., SI

Elektro Ljubljana Podjetje Zadistribucijo Elektricne Energije d.d., SI

Municipality Of Ljubljana, SI

Attikes Diadromes S.A., EL

POLIS, BE

Union Internationale des Transports Publics, BE

Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation (ITL), IT

Athens International Airport S.A., EL

Attiko Metro AE, EL

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), LU

FSTechnology, EL

Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum, BE

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, IE

Lepida SCPA, IT

Bologna Airport, IT

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE

Secretaria de Inteligencia Estrat Gica de Estado – Presidencia de la Repulica Oriental del Uruguay, UY