The main SAFERtec achievements are summarized below:
Identification and detailed specification of relevant Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication use cases, carefully-selected on the basis of safe-criticality, EU-suggestions for day-one ITS services and industrial trends.
Introduction of an innovative combination of three available modelling methodologies and their integration into a SAFERtec six-stages process to assist engineers in reasoning about (automotive) threats and vulnerabilities.
Design, implementation, integration and testing of the hardware and software modules to comprise the Connected Vehicle System (CVS) test-benches. The test-bench realizes the full set of V2I functionality relying on standardized in-vehicle and V2I communication protocols.
Design and evaluation of an assurance framework tailored to meet the automotive needs. The framework relies on the definition of relevant security features, controls and requirements for the CVS and subsequently carefully enhances the Common Criteria standard introducing a number of innovative features: knowledge bases, tools, new assurance levels and a system-level evaluation class. The specification of the requirements relies on a modular protection profile for the connected vehicle (
https://www.safertec-project.eu/publications/modular-pp/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)). The framework has been evaluated both theoretically (i.e. compared with relevant standards) and experimentally providing evidence on its efficiency.
Design, development and testing of the Assurance Framework Toolkit (AFT) i.e. a platform-independent and open-source toolkit (
https://isense-gitlab.iccs.gr/safertec/aft(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)) that facilitates the cost-efficient compilation of the required evaluation inputs for both the SAFERtec Assurance Framework and any other approach based on Common Criteria. AFT covers two evaluation classes (ASE, ADV) but can be extended to others.
Following the earlier-introduced SAFERtec standardization plan the project has identified and exploited opportunities contributing parts of its technical work to ETSI automotive standard(s). The main achievement is the contribution of privacy requirements to the flagship ETSI TR 102 893 TVRA standard (acknowledged by the rapporteur) while similar technical inputs have been brought into the attention of the working group of ETSI EN 302 890-2 - Position and Time management.
In non-technical terms, a set of internal processes and online tools have been employed to ensure the high quality of the project’s outcome. A detailed dissemination plan using numerous channels (e.g. conferences) and activities (e.g. talks) maximized visibility and impact. With close day-to-day management the project has been carefully coordinated keeping at the same time track of its financial developments.