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Holistic framework for the MatUrity evaLuaTIon of ReAdiness level for security TEchnologies

Project description

New framework for readiness level of products, systems and processes

There are many systems used to measure the maturity level of a particular product, system or process. Despite the extensive integration of frameworks, methodologies and indicators, security research and innovation projects financed by EU instruments use them sparingly. The EU-funded MultiRATE project aims to develop a holistic scaling framework that relies on current readiness level (RL) approaches. It will ultimately integrate these approaches into one framework that takes into consideration several RL scales, from technology to security, privacy and ethics. To do so, the project will assess and apply the RL of all aspects of products, systems and processes. It will also study existing evaluation methodologies.

Objective

In the recent years, there are plenty of metrics that try to evaluate the maturity of products/systems/processes when identifying their deployment readiness. Even though, an excessive effort has been made to integrate widely used frameworks, methodologies and indicators in the products/systems/processes, this leads to a limited usage from the EU funded security R&I projects. As a result, a robust scaling framework is more than of utmost importance. The proposed MultiRATE scaling framework will rely on the existing established readiness level approaches and will formally combine them into one acceptable and reliable framework. MultiRATE will be able to evaluate and apply the readiness of all aspects of products/systems/processes. It will make a thorough research on the existing methodologies and will develop a well-established scale taking into consideration several areas of knowledge such as Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale, Integration Readiness Level (IRL), Commercialisation Readiness Level (CRL), Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL), Security, Privacy and Ethics Readiness Level (SPRL) and Societal Readiness Level (SRL). These RLs will set the basis for the creation of the holistic MultiRATE framework that will evaluate the readiness of all aspects of a product/system/process. The experience gained from previously proposed and ongoing maturity evaluation solutions developed and will be proposed under EU-funded projects will lead to the MultiRATE robust holistic framework solution. Of great importance will be the establishment of a network of projects and organisations that will support the design of the appropriate evaluation methodologies adding also their knowledge and expertise on the calibration and testing of both individual RLs and the holistic one. This network will be built based on the partner’s involvement on existing networks and EU funded projects.

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL3-2021-SSRI-01

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ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
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€ 223 687,50
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Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη
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