Project description
A system for increased urban security
A smart city relies on interconnected city grids of sensors that manage traffic, public transit and control pollution but can also be used for policing, crowd control and public sentiment monitoring. As a consequence, major concerns emerge regarding ethical and security issues since personal data are potentially at risk while the entire interconnected IT system is vulnerable to cyberattacks. The EU-funded IMPETUS project will develop an instrument that covers the entire physical and cybersecurity value chain, increasing city resilience to security events in public areas. It will apply IoT, AI and Big Data technologies, ensure smart city capabilities in protecting personal data and establish a multi-tenant solution entirely coordinated with the operational needs of a wide range of city stakeholders.
Objective
An interconnected city grid of sensors, such as of cameras or environmental sensors, offers a wealth of actionable Big Data. In addition to better managing traffic and public transit, as well as controlling pollution, they can be used for enhanced policing, crowd control, and even public sentiment monitoring. However, such smart systems increase the risk of unethical use of personal data, and increase the attack surface of a city as multiple interconnected IT systems control key infrastructures such as transport, energy, water distribution, etc.
To address the growing security and ethical threats on smart cities, the project will develop an integrated toolkit that covers the complete physical and cybersecurity value chain (detection, simulation & analysis, intervention).
The project will enhance the resilience of cities in the face of security events in public spaces, by addressing three main aspects of urban security in smart cities:
• Technologies: integrating and developing the tools and processes underlying the capacity of cities to manage both physical security and cyber security, leveraging the power of IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data analysis
• Ethics: ensuring smart city capabilities are developed for the benefit of society, balancing potentially conflicting needs to collect, transform and share large amounts of data with the protection of data privacy
• Processes: delivering a multi-tenant solution fully aligned with the operational needs of multiple city stakeholders (e.g. police, first responders, municipalities) supported by a framework gathering deployment guidelines and best practices
The consortium includes 17 partners from 11 different EU Member States and Associated Countries, including 2 local government authorities (City of Padova and City of Oslo) that will lead the field trial implementations. The project will also be supported by a Community of Safe and Secure Cities (COSSEC) gathering other cities to provide feedback.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig data
- social sciencessocial geographytransportpublic transport
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer security
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7034 Trondheim
Norway
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Participants (18)
91120 Palaiseau
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30021 Nimes
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00185 Roma
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20122 Milano
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70121 Bari
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35122 Padova
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50410 Tartu
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013685 Bucuresti
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7554 RR Hengelo Ov
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8634 Hombrechtikon
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08020 Barcelona
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6701101 Tel Aviv
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4685206 Herzliya Pituah
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35122 Padova
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0037 Oslo
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10000 Zagreb
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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35122 Padova
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