7SHIELD adopts a holistic approach about threat prevention, detection, response and mitigation by protecting EU Ground Segments (GS) against cyber and physical threats, integrating cutting-edge technologies from multidisciplinary fields.
Regarding the preparedness phase, 7SHIELD provides tools to assess the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of each asset of the GS, identifying the threat agents or attack strategies could compromise them, performing a C/P risk assessment. Moreover, it provides a robust identity management tool for multi-factor authentication, data integrity and confidentiality to access GS core functions; a methodology to model the overall infrastructure to be protected, in terms of hierarchical asset decomposition and messages exchanged between them, including the dependencies between the components; and a tool to identify C/P threats and vulnerabilities through a ML based approach.
Regarding the detection phase, a custom UAV model with more features compared to those available on the market is provided. For extracting higher concepts of information from visual context, several algorithms leverage deep learning and shallow representation technologies to tackle face detection and recognition, object detection (including humans) and tracking as well as human activity recognition and abnormal event detection in surveillance objectives.
Regarding the response and mitigation phases, a classification module capable to multilevel data and information fusion from heterogeneous sources providing an integrated and generalised framework for formulating decision options for crisis level estimation is developed. 7SHIELD goes beyond the state of the art by providing a highly specified analysis of the use of social and other communications media from GS stakeholders. Moreover, better results with higher probability of neutralisation of drones will be reached by improving the Flying Hunter algorithm.
7SHIELD brings to the CI operators solutions fitting their needs. Integrating the societal and economic aspects into the research, design, development, and implementation of the proposed solutions, 7SHIELD maximises the returns from EC’s investment in science and technology. 7SHIELD addresses and provides solutions for security investment planning and optimization thanks to an impact assessment model to estimate the economic impact of the implementation to support the exploitation of the outcomes. By detecting possible threats and avoid possible damages in CIs might directly affect the economy of the European countries, 7SHIELD provides an additional layer of protection of European economy and reducing dangers to societal stability. Finally, the consortium closely followed the required legal and ethical requirements compliance especially with those related to the data acquisition and use of AI (e.g. availability of open source and online data, privacy, copyright, terms of service, video surveillance and wearable technologies).
