Significant progress was made in developing methodologies to assess and mitigate systemic risks and CPH threats to be translated into detailed scenarios for piloting activities.
Moreover, the definition of the ATLANTIS platform architectural specification began with a thorough analysis of its CI components, emphasizing security requirements. Leveraging expertise and insights from similar projects, common architectural patterns were identified to meet these requirements. These patterns were then broken down into distinct architectural elements, with detailed interactions specified to facilitate the creation of data and control flow diagrams.
Significant strides in developing an earth observation-based technological solution within the ATLANTIS framework were made. The focus was on enhancing risk assessment and damage monitoring capabilities for various hazards such as floods, landslides, wildfires, and earthquakes. A thorough review of available technologies for creating a resilient IT architecture was conducted. We compared equivalent technologies to determine their suitability, considering partner expertise.
A laboratory testbed capable of handling GNSS interference signals was setup. This involved setting up equipment to inject jamming signals into live GNSS feeds and recording the resulting data.
Another important objective was to establish a secure communication layer ensuring traceability of information and metadata, alongside enabling zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) techniques. IFollowing this, various distributed ledger technologies (DLT) were assessed to determine the most suitable option for effective inter-DLT communications. Moreover, a dedicated work on integrating security systems across critical infrastructure, with a layered approach including Detection, Adaptation, and Data Analytics was carried out. This involved standardizing alerts into the Universal Alert Format and analysing them for threat categorization to assist in risk assessment.
In addition, a set of already developed components were integrated, establishing communication flow between RRIM and SAFER, and incorporating the Knowledge Graph into the Systemic Risks Foresight and Incidents Detection DSS. TrulyMedia platform for network analysis and sentiment analysis along with HiViC platform for human engagement in CI protection was developed.
The Threat Intelligence Tool, a crucial component aimed at detecting web-based threats, was developed. Additionally, the Entropy Based Risk Assessment tool was developed to generate entropy levels for network nodes based on topology and analysed network traffic data. Then, the work was concentrated on developing an Explainable AI toolset tailored to address stakeholders’ needs with the aim to provide easily interpretable explanations, enabling anticipation of risks and summarization of incidents, thus facilitating CPH protection.
Another objective we worked on is the design of the CCI-SAAM platform, facilitating cross-domain, cross-CI, and cross-border knowledge sharing, risk assessment, threat analysis, and countermeasure mitigation.
Finally, the setup of integration tools and environments for ATLANTIS components undertook. CI/CD pipelines were configured following the DevSecOps approach, and the ATLANTIS Integrated Framework was scripted for on-premise deployment.
