Threat Arrest
The project ended in 2022The use of information technology is also becoming increasingly common in healthcare. Often, however, the infrastructure defending this rich source of data is too weak, putting at serious risk the security of important information, which has become a sensitive target of crime.
The project aims to provide advanced security training to mitigate the scope of cyber attacks. For this purpose, an advanced training platform incorporating emulation, simulation, gaming and visualization capabilities has been developed to adequately prepare stakeholders with different types of responsibilities and levels of expertise in defending high-risk cyber systems and organizations against known and new advanced cyber attacks. The THREAT-ARREST platform provides security training based on a model-driven approach in which Cyber Threat and Training Preparation Models (CTTP), specifying potential attacks, the security controls of cyber systems against them, and the tools that can be used to assess the effectiveness of these controls, guides the training process and aligns (where possible) with operational cyber system security assurance mechanisms to ensure the relevance of the training. The platform also supports trainee performance assessment and training program evaluation and adapts training programs based on them. The effectiveness of the framework is validated using a prototype implementation interconnected with real pilots of information systems in the areas of smart energy (smart energy), healthcare and shipping, and from technical, legal and business perspectives.
The project is intended for public administration personnel.
The project is managed by fifteen partners from Europe and beyond: Foundation for Research and Technology (Greece), Simplan (Germany), Sphynx Technology Solutions (Switzerland), University of Milan, Atos Spain, Ibm Israel, Social Engineering Academy (Germany), Information Technology from Market Leadership (Greece), Bird & Bird (UK), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (Germany), Cz.nic, Zspo (Czech Republic), Danos Shipping Company (Cyprus), Tuv Hellas, Lightsource Labs Limited (Ireland).
The project has attracted the attention of international and national peer-reviewed journals, such as healthmanagement.org, whose article is available in the appendix. Threat Arrest, also was the subject of a scientific article published on the Institute of electrical and electronical engineers (Ieee) portal. The platform was also covered by the Digital Agenda website.
Chief scientific officer is Vito Petrarolo.
