SECURE –FORCE ProjectChristodoulos KeratidisAtlantis Consulting S.A.

1st SEE-INNOVATION Know How EventSkopje, 14-15 December 2006

Atlantis Consulting S.A.

• Business Consultancy based in Greece (Thessaloniki, Athens)

• Subsidiary: Atlantis Consulting Cyprus• Services

– Subsidies related services (EU & National)– Management Consulting (Management Systems, Business

Plans)– Public Administration Support (Strategic Planning,

Management, Evaluation of development programmes)– Science & Technology Policy Studies (Impact Assessment,

Policy Studies, Technology Foresight, Innovation Management)

• Further information: www.atlantisresearch.gr

SECURE –FORCE Project

• An ETI project focused on SECURITY research• Network of European partners promoting the

participation of small and medium sized companies in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in the field of security

• 23 Organisations from 14 countries: France, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Luxembourg, Germany, Israel, UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, and Cyprus

• Coordinator: ALMA CONSULTING GROUP • Duration: 36 months (January 2006 –

December 2008)

Who should be involved?

• Small and medium sized companies with an interest in SECURITY-research-related sectors, such as:– Secure communication systems and services– Networked infrastructure security– Transportation facility security (including aeronautics)– Privacy and data protection– Protection against terrorism & bio-terrorism– Crisis prevention and management

• Also Universities, public research centres and large companies in the security field with a view to integrating small companies with appropriate technologies and expertise in their security related R & D projects, funded through FP7

What benefits can SECURE FORCE offer?

• Access to advance notification of forthcoming FP7 projects and calls for proposals in security related areas

• Active contact between small and medium sized companies, project coordinators or potential investors

• Assistance and support for small and medium sized companies to ensure their successful integration into large scale R&D partnerships

• A project web site with an online partner search facility• Access to an online searchable database of up to 3.000

SMEs in the security field• Audits of small and medium companies to classify their

expertise and identify areas to develop• Training sessions and workshops concerning FP7

Workshops

• 7 workshops– Italy– Austria– Spain– Poland– Hungary– Cyprus– Luxembourg

• Training on:– Financial and administrative aspects– Patents and IPR management– Trans-national technology transfer– Innovation financing activities

Areas of interest

• FP7, Cooperation: 9 thematic priorities1. Health2. Food, Agriculture & Biotechnology3. Information and Communication Technologies4. Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new

production technologies5. Energy6. Environment (including Climate Change)7. Transport (including Aeronautics)8. Socio-economic Sciences & Humanities9. Security & Space

Information and Communication Technologies

• Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures

• Objectives:– The Network of the Future– Science and Software Architectures, Infrastructures and

Engineering– ICT in support of the networked enterprise– Secure, dependable and trusted Infrastructures– Networked Media– New Paradigms and Experimental Facilities– Critical Infrastructure Protection (Joint call with Security

Theme)

Secure, dependable and trusted Infrastructures

• Security and resilience in network infrastructures

• Security and trust in dynamic and reconfigurable service architectures

• Trusted computing infrastructures• Identity management and privacy enhancing

tools• Coordination and support activities

Secure, dependable and trusted Infrastructures

• Funding Schemes– Collaborative projects, NoΕ, CSA

• ICT call 1– Publication: Jan/Feb 2007 (?)– Closure: end April 2007 (?)

• Indicative budget: 90m €– CP 80m €, minimum 28m € to IP and minimum 28m € to

STREP – NoE 6m €– CSA 4m €

New Paradigms and Experimental Facilities

• Advanced networking approaches to architectures and protocols (including security and resilience of the future internet)

• Interconnected testbeds adressing (amongst others)– Embedded or overlay security, trust and identity management

architectures and technologies– Systems that provide trusted access to e-services with users

requiring no administration and security skills

• Funding Schemes– Collaborative projects, CSA

• ICT call 2– Publication: May /June 2007 (?)– Closure: Sep / Oct 2007 (?)

• Indicative budget: 40m €– CP 36m €, minimum 12m € to IP and minimum 15m € to STREP – NoE 3m €– CSA 1m €

Critical Infrastructure Protection (joint ICT – Security themes)

• Focus of ICT theme– Building secure, resilient and always available information

infrastructures linking critical infrastructures• Manage complex interconnected and interdependent Cis• Build secure and resilient networked and distributed

information and process control systems; risk analysis and security configuration & management

• Funding Schemes– Collaborative projects, CSA

• ICT call 2– Publication: May /June 2007 (?)– Closure: Sep / Oct 2007 (?)

• Indicative budget: 20m €

Critical Infrastructure Protection (joint ICT – Security themes)

• Focus of Security theme– Building secure, resilient and always available energy

infrastructures that survive malicious attacks or accidental failures and guarantee continuous provision of services

• Funding Schemes– Collaborative projects, CSA

• Joint call ICT & Security 1– Publication: September 2007 (?)– Closure: November 2007 (?)

• Indicative budget: 20m €

Security

4 main missions• Protection against terrorism and crime

– Technology solutions for threat awareness (e.g. CBRN)– Detection, prevention, identification, protection, neutralisation and

containment of effects of terrorism & crime

• Security of infrastructures and utilities– Analysing & securing existing & future infrastructures, systems,

and services

• Border security– Technological & capabilities to enhance security of land & coastal

borders, including border control– Surveillance issues

• Restoring security in case of crisis– Technologies to support emergency management operations,

interorganisational coordination & communication, distributed architectures & human factors

Security

3 cross-cutting areas• Security Systems Integration & Interoperability

– Technologies to enhance interoperability of systems, equipment, services & processes

– Organisation, protection of confidentiality & integrity of information, traceability of transactions, processing

• Security and Society– Socio economic aspects related to crime, perception of

security, ethics, privacy, societal foresight– Safeguarding privacy & liberties, vulnerabilities, new

threats, management & impact assessment of consequences

• Security Research Coordination & Structuring– Coordination of security research efforts, development of

synergies (civil/security/defence), legal conditions, use of infrastructures

Security Research Call

• Security Research Call 1– Publication: January 2007 (?)– Closure: April 2007 (?)

Further Information

• www.secure-force.eu• Mr Mahary Ramasindraibe,

mramasindraibe@almacg.com• Mr Christodoulos Keratidis,

keratidis@atlantisresearch.gr