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CYBER SECURITY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection

Short description

The team has as a constant concern the identification of the latest trends in security, technology transfer activities and the capitalization of research results - concerns that are transposed both in terms of updating policies in the field and in developing response capabilities. Its interests are also visible in the development of new products and services for the analysis of vulnerabilities and proposals for risk limitation, as well as in the provision of higher-level training activities for specialists in the field.

CYBER SECURITY

This service aims to promote cybersecurity initiatives to respond to national and European policies, strategies and requirements, as well as increase the capacity to respond to cyber incidents and reduce their impact on cyber infrastructure resources and services, through profile research, proposal of minimum cyber security requirements.

Main activities

  • conducting advanced studies and research in the field of cyber security;
  • developing IT applications and systems to support the development of citizens' digital skills in order to increase the population's access to the information society and risk awareness by training users;
  • identification of emerging technologies and development of applications and systems in order to improve the quality of life of citizens;
  • proposals to improve the management of vulnerabilities and cyber security alerts;
  • providing expertise and consulting in cyber security;
  • optimization of information resources management systems in public administration;
  • optimizing the cyber security culture in public administration.

PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES

This service promotes appropriate initiatives in the field of critical infrastructure protection in order to respond to national and European policies, strategies and requirements in order to increase the capacity to respond to cyber incidents in critical infrastructures through: research, proposal of minimum cyber security requirements and recommendations on ensuring the resilience of critical infrastructures.

Main activities

  • carrying out advanced studies and research in the field of critical infrastructure protection;
  • development of applications and information systems to support the development of digital skills of operators in critical infrastructures in order to increase the population's access to the information society;
  • risk awareness by training users;
  • proposals to improve the management of vulnerabilities and security alerts in critical infrastructures;
  • offering expertise and consultancy in the management of critical infrastructure protection;
  • optimization of information resources management systems in critical infrastructures;
  • analysis and optimization of the digital innovation context.

Relevant RDI projects

  • Institutional Capacities and Services for Research, Monitoring and Forecasting of Risks in the Outer Space - SAFESPACE;
  • Cybernetic polygon for industrial control systems - ROCYRAN;
  • The Once-Only Principle project - TOOP;
  • EuroHPC-04-2019 - HPC (High Performance Computing) Competence Centers - EUROCC.
  • Study on the identification of indicators and substantiation of threshold values ​​related to cyber security incidents with significant impact, necessary for the transposition of EU Directive 1148/2016 in Romania;
  • Research on advanced policies and solutions for securing critical infrastructures against cyber-attacks - study on topologies of "SCADA" networks;
  • Study on the security of data communications in smart environments, defining the Security functions of Communication Systems and Networks, focusing on the integrity and authenticity of transmitted data;
  • Study on the establishment of cyber security indicators that can be considered for measuring the level of cyber security at national level;
  • Cyber ​​Security - Security of Networks and Information Systems: "Scenarios and solutions for resolving security incidents-incident management at the national level with potential large-scale impact."
  • Study on adaptive systems for early recognition of cyber-attacks on state resources.

The team has as a constant concern the identification of the latest trends in security, technology transfer activities and the capitalization of research results - concerns that are transposed both in terms of updating policies in the field and in developing response capabilities. Its interests are also visible in the development of new products and services for the analysis of vulnerabilities and proposals for risk limitation, as well as in the provision of higher-level training activities for specialists in the field.