Work performed during the reporting period addressed finalization of the COLLABS framework architecture, finalization of security packages on all the three levels of collaborative manufacturing in the first two phases (MVP and first complete version) and end-to-end integration of the framework components (second complete version).
Framework architecture: Within the activities that represent the basic setting of the project in WP1, we laid the foundation for the future project tasks by identifying the technological state-of-the-art, further refining and describing use cases defined by the GA, identifying, and describing components and elaborating architectural details.
Digital supply network: Work package 2 developed the level-3 security package of the COLLABS framework. The level-3 security package includes tools for secure data sharing, security of data flows in common production environments, development of a cognitive security framework based on machine learning, as well as design and implementation of distributed ledger safety mechanisms in the workflow for supply chain and compliance in production.
Smart factory: Work package 3 developed level-2 security components of the COLLABS framework. These components include fine-grained authorization for constrained environments, relying on distributed ledger technologies for exchanges between different involved mechanisms. The objectives of the level-2 security components are to deliver tools for Comprehensive Access control, to design and deploy technologies based on Blockchain and smart contracts applied for resilience in smart factories, to deliver the COLLABS PKI mechanism, and to design and deliver tools and services for confidential data discovery.
Connected objects: Work package 4 dedicated efforts for the development and testing of the integrated solution that constitute the Level-1 Security Package for Securely Connected Objects. This work extended on the experience gained and observation made during the testing and evaluation, addressing the span of three pillars for this task, namely a) Security and Trustworthiness at the edge, b) Remote Attestation and Secure C&C execution on IIoT devices, and c) Threat Detection and Mitigation.
End-to-end integration: Work package 5 and work package 6 contributed to the integration of COLLABS components, layers and levels, as well as testing, validation and demonstration of the minimal viable product (MVP) as well as the first and second integrated version of the framework. COLLABS’s integrated version contributes to increased availability and reliability of a smart factory’s outputs, using state-of-the-art technologies that are expected to evolve and have a lasting effect on securing manufacturing networks, devices and processes. Additionally, the framework showcases the opportunities for more effective data collection, collaborations improved performance and enhance productivity.
These achievements have been complemented by an active dissemination and communication activities from work package 7. Work package 7 has also been engaged in standardization and exploitation activities.
