Objective
KONFIDO advances the state of the art of eHealth technology with respect to four key dimensions of digital security, namely: data preservation, data access and modification, data exchange, and interoperability and compliance. To address the challenges of secure storage and exchange of eHealth data, protection and control over personal data, and security of health related data gathered by mobile devices, KONFIDO takes a holistic approach – i.e. one targeting all the architectural layers of an IT infrastructure, and specifically: storage, dissemination, processing, and presentation. KONFIDO builds on and extends the results of a best of breed selection of successful projects, notably: epSOS, STORK, DECIPHER, EXPAND, and ANTILOPE. The approach will be implemented in a technological framework that relies on six technology pillars: 1) security extensions provided by main CPU vendors; 2) security solutions based on photonic technologies; 3) homomorphic encryption mechanisms; 4) customised STORK-compliant eID support; 5) customized extensions of selected SIEM solutions; and 6) disruptive logging and auditing mechanisms. The usability of the proposed solutions will be tested in a realistic setup, deployed on top of a federated cloud infrastructure, where data will be exchanged and services interoperate cross-border. Experimental evidence will be collected, proving that KONFIDO solutions provide effective protection even against attacks by privileged software (e.g. the Operating System or the Hypervisor) or privileged users (e.g. the System Administrator or the Cloud Provider). Since i) it builds on results that were already widely accepted, and ii) it relies on a handful of complementary technologies (some of which are already at a high level of maturity), KONFIDO has a dramatic potential in terms of innovation in the field of coordinated care towards improved quality of healthcare solutions.
Field of science
- /medical and health sciences/health sciences/health care services/ehealth
- /engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/computer hardware/computer processor
- /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/software/system software/operating systems
- /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computer security/data protection
- /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/internet/internet of things
- /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/data science/data exchange
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-DS-SC1-2016
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action











Coordinator
E14 3BS London
United Kingdom
Participants (14)
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
00185 Roma
75015 Paris 15
1000 Brussel
15342 Ag Paraskeyi
20124 Milano
08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
5230 Odense M
SW7 2AZ London
80125 Napoli
80122 Napoli
2100 Kobenhavn
08005 Barcelona
08036 Barcelona