CUREX extends the traditional risk management process by implementing a number of capabilities including:
(I) Asset and vulnerability discovery, to discover system assets (e.g. components, services, applications, ports, OS) and any information related to their associated vulnerabilities.
(II) Threat intelligence tools, that apply advanced machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques for the detection of real time abnormal behaviours on users, and devices, as well as anomalies in the data in order to identify new and unknown threats.
(III) Qualitative cybersecurity and privacy risk assessments, to evaluate the risk levels of the organisation based on the vulnerabilities identified in the infrastructure.
(IV) Recommendation of optimal safeguards strategies to mitigate the identified risks in an optimal way based on multiple factors (such as purchase and implementation cost and the provided security benefits) and reduce risk to acceptable levels.
(V) Α decentralized blockchain network to publish the different outputs and the transaction history to ensure the integrity, accountability, traceability, and auditability of the complete process.
Moreover, as CUREX proposes a holistic and GDPR-compliant risk management approach for healthcare organisations, it cannot afford to disregard the significant role end-users play in the security equation. Therefore, going beyond the technical means, user training and awareness strategies have been included as part of the CUREX cyber hygiene framework to strengthen the healthcare organisations’ defences against social attacks.
CUREX’s result have demonstrated a very strong research potential, inspiring in total 24 scientific publications in prestigious journals and venues. Furthermore, the project’s developments have been presented in 29 events, reaching a diverse and very wide spectrum of stakeholders (from citizens/patients to policy makers) beyond the scientific community.
Overall, the CUREX Platform provides innovative solutions to healthcare organisations’ challenging efforts in preserving their cybersecurity safeguards. Its market potential is indisputable, as it presents a Unique Value Proposition which is based on an integrated system that combines all CUREX state-of-the-art components. With the use of various market prospects and tools, consortium partners were able to identify the roadmap to sustainability against competitors, adaptability from potential customers, and evolution of the CUREX platform as a novel solution offered to the healthcare security sector. There is a strong commercialisation potential that derives from efforts placed in analysing market access and formulating a concise business plan. With an explicit knowledge of the factors that shape the CUREX market adoption and evolution trends, contributing partners are able to pursue this path of commercialisation and bringing this novel service to the market. Market dynamic and competitive framework of the EU market environment, which is the initial target market, pose both opportunities and restraints that CUREX platform addresses through an intuitive go-to-market plan, coupled with an innovative pricing policy.
