Project description DEENESFRITPL Revolutionising security in the era of virtualisation Cloud technologies and virtualised applications are reshaping traditional security paradigms, posing unprecedented challenges. Insufficient expertise, resulting from the adoption of microservices architectures, and the vulnerability of virtualised security appliances have compromised effective threat detection and investigation. Addressing these concerns, the EU-funded ASTRID project proposes a paradigm shift, transferring the responsibility for security, privacy and trustworthiness from developers to service providers. ASTRID aims to establish a safer virtualised environment by leveraging descriptive context models and advanced orchestration logic. Through this approach, ASTRID fosters situational awareness, providing unified access, encryption management and event correlation across diverse services and applications. The project supports legal interception and forensic investigations. ASTRID is considered a game changer in securing the future of virtualised services. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The growing adoption of cloud technologies and the trend to virtualise applications are inexorably re-shaping the traditional security paradigms, due to the increasing usage of infrastructures outside of the enterprise perimeter and shared with other users. The need for more agility in software development and maintenance has also fostered the transition to micro-services architectures, and the wide adoption of this paradigm has led service developers to protect their applications by including virtualised instances of security appliances in their design. Unfortunately, this often results in security being managed by people without enough skills or specific expertise, it may not be able to cope with threats coming from the virtualization layer itself (e.g. hypervisor bugs), and also exposes security appliances to the same threats as the other application components. It also complicates legal interception and investigation when some applications or services are suspected of illegal activity.To overcome the above limitations, the ASTRID project aims at shifting the detection and analysis logic outside of the service graph, by leveraging descriptive context models and their usage in ever smarter orchestration logic, hence shifting the responsibility for security, privacy, and trustworthiness from developers or end users to service providers. This approach brings new opportunities for situational awareness in the growing domain of virtualised services: unified access and encryption management, correlation of events and information among different services/applications, support for legal interception and forensics investigation.ASTRID will develop a common approach easily portable to different virtualisation scenarios. In this respect, the technology developed by the Project will be validated in two relevant domains, i.e. plain cloud applications and Network Function Virtualisation, which typically exploits rather different chaining and orchestration models. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig datanatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware developmentmedical and health sciencesother medical sciencesforensic sciencesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer security Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.7. - Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens Main Programme H2020-EU.3.7.4. - Improve cyber security Topic(s) DS-07-2017 - Cybersecurity PPP: Addressing Advanced Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors Call for proposal H2020-DS-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-DS-SC7-2017 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA Net EU contribution € 538 437,50 Address VIA ANAGNINA 203 00118 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 538 437,50 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF SURREY United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 102 420,00 Address Stag Hill GU2 7XH Guildford See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 102 420,00 CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI Italy Net EU contribution € 312 331,25 Address VIALE G. 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Yes Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 250 000,00 POLITECNICO DI TORINO Italy Net EU contribution € 323 750,00 Address CORSO DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI 24 10129 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 323 750,00 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN Germany Net EU contribution € 292 500,00 Address STRASSE DES 17 JUNI 135 10623 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 292 500,00 AGENTSCAPE AG Germany Net EU contribution € 479 062,50 Address REICHENHALLER STRASSE 5 A 14199 Berlin See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 479 062,50 GIOUMPITEK MELETI SCHEDIASMOS YLOPOIISI KAI POLISI ERGON PLIROFORIKIS ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS Greece Net EU contribution € 320 000,00 Address MITHRIDATOU 36-38 11632 Athina See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 320 000,00 DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 239 252,50 Address ANKER ENGELUNDS VEJ 101 2800 Kongens Lyngby See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 239 252,50 CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy Net EU contribution € 74 543,75 Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 74 543,75