Objective SPARTA (Security Policy Adaptation Reinforced Through Agents) proposes to develop a software application, based on the newest agent technology, consisting of several modules in order to reach and maintain a high level of the IT security. In addition, intelligent agents will assist in co-ordination of security tasks (immediate actions and decision supporting) and co-operation between distributed components in the areas of integral system protection and intruder detection. This project also proposes a methodology to elaborate a flexible, effective, balanced and situation based security policy. Actual information obtained from agents, the best practise and the traditional codes of conduct will be incorporated in decision support system in order to obtain the optimal security policy.Objectives:The objective is the creation, development, provision, composition and management of innovative and intelligent security modules across heterogeneous platforms and networks. The intelligent agent modules are focused on maintaining the level of IT elements security high, while at the same time providing decision support information to the security managers. The second objective is to define a methodology to elaborate efficient security policy in order to support such advanced functionality as intelligent agent based tools.Work description:The project will contain the following main work components, some of them overlapping in the time schedule:development of a strategic framework;decisions about scalability, extensibility and flexibility;identification of requirements and global definition and classification of existing IT elements, new IT elements (smartcards, active Web content, digital signature) and IT services;definition of parameters, threats and risks;conceptual design of the intelligent system components and a repository;defining roles and responsibilities, standards and guidelines and the fragmentation into the situation oriented areas;functional design of components such as agents and module design;architecture of agents and their encapsulating;development of modules wit single peer agents;designing agent to agent communication and agent mobility;developing modules with the mobile communicating agents;installation of the prototype system on pilot sites and detailed evaluation;test of the prototype system and gathering feedback;elaboration of the adaptive security policy, using the new methodology;user support: documentation, demonstration, workshops etc.;usability study: At an early stage collect user requirements as a basis of the system; at a later stage compare them with evaluation results and draw conclusions for future developments;impact study and business models.Milestones:Milestones and expected result are:detailed analysis of user needs and the present security policy;design of functional components and modules;full functional and technical description of all components;integration of components and modules into the existing system;migrating to proposed security policy;verification of project objectives by measuring the administrator response time in first line helpdesk and evaluating decision makers satisfaction. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencesocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applications Programme(s) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.2.-4.3.2 - Engineering of intelligent services Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ATOS ORIGIN SA EU contribution No data Address CALLE DE ALBARRACIN 25 28037 MADRID Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONFEDERACION ESPANOLA DE EMPRESARIOS DE PLASTICOS Spain EU contribution No data Address COSLADA 18 28028 MADRID See on map Total cost No data CRYPTOMATHIC A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address JAEGERGAARDSGADE 118 8000 AARHUS See on map Total cost No data INFOSERVICE CO. LTD Armenia EU contribution No data Address AZATUTYAN AVENUE 24 375014 YEREVAN See on map Total cost No data LITHUANIAN BANKING, INSURANCE AND FINANCE INSTITUTE Lithuania EU contribution No data Address VILNIAUS STR. 4/35 2600 VILNIUS See on map Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN Austria EU contribution No data Address KARLSPLATZ 13 1040 WIEN See on map Total cost No data
