Cyber and physical threats are becoming increasingly complex. As a result, public safety measures need to stay one step ahead of the fast-paced changes. The EU-funded APPRAISE project developed an integrated threat intelligence solution designed for protecting the augmented cities environment. It performed a continuous and Cyber and physical attacks on public spaces are becoming increasingly complex and can lead to dramatic consequences. To counter these attacks, public safety measures need to stay one step ahead of the fast-paced changes, requiring an integral security approach involving all the security actors comprising private operators. The H2020 APPRAISE project developed an integrated threat intelligence solution designed for the protection soft targets. By leveraging continuous and effective monitoring of online sources and physical spaces using smart sensing, APPRAISE enables to identify potential threats and enables to improve strategies for the protection of public spaces (such as shopping malls, parks, expo centres, etc.), while preserving the freedom of European citizens. Building on the latest advances in big data analysis, AI and advanced visualisation, APPRAISE offers unprecedented capabilities to predict and identify criminal and terrorist acts and enhance the private-public collaboration of security actors.
APPRAISE delivered a scalable framework aiming at improving the cyber/physical security and safety of public spaces by enabling a proactive, integrated, risk-based, and resilience-oriented approach. This framework was designed to support the secured private-public collaboration and optimise the coordination of operations involving private security staff and operators, as well as law enforcement agencies, before, during and after an incident occurs. Social, Ethical, Legal, and Privacy observatories bringing together LEAs, private operators, technology experts, psychologists, sociologists, and society representatives were involved to ensure full conformity of the developed tools with current EU legislation and citizens’ acceptance, preparing the ground for successful exploitation.
The consortium involved world-class research centres, industries, SMEs, LEAs of different types (national police, municipal police, elite tactical unit) as well as private security practitioners and operators, coordinated by a large industrial company with a leading position in the security market.
APPRAISE demonstrated its solutions in four complementary pilot sites: a major music festival in Italy, a transnational cycling tour with stages in France and Spain, an international fair in Poland, and a mall in Slovenia.
