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University of Peloponnese Two of the most significant arising technological advancements currently underway that are showing an ever‐increasing spread both in industrial and academic areas, are the blockchains and the advent of quantum technologies. Since, blockchains have  dramatically  advanced  in the recent years and have found numerous applications with the expectation to significantly enhance their security, the conundrum related to the quantum threat and the implementation of post-quantum signatures in a blockchain platform is a trending topic in nowadays scientific…

OTE, February 2021 Testbeds were always important, as all new services and products always need to be tested thoroughly, especially the ones that operate in complex environments with many prospective users, although this is not always the case. Additionally, proper testing environment and procedure can help avoid later hardships. Nevertheless, this is the case with most of the research projects at EU, where the validity of a project’s outputs are checked and verified. As the pilots are progressing, we can…

To address the major challenges of securing the IoT ecosystem from cyber threats, the Cyber-Trust project has developed a revolutionary framework that will first identify, then analyse, and next mitigate these threats. To achieve this, the Cyber-Trust project conducts research in the following main cyber-security areas: develop state of the Art (SOTA) cyber security tools identify cyber-attack and mitigate their consequence use of distributed ledger technologies The Cyber-Trust project has developed an innovative platform based on end user specifications that…

Gueltoum Bendiab, Stavros Shiaeles, Gohar Sargsyan The COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, was an unprecedented event that altered the lives of billions of people globally and greatly increased the risk of cyber-attacks. The pandemic pushed organisations to adopt remote working method and forced employees to work from their homes, which bring new security risks. Due to this new working model, personnel computing devices have been extensively utilised for work purposes. Video conferencing tools have become the primary environment…

Olga GkotsopoulouLaw, Science, Technology and Society Research GroupVrije Universiteit Brussel The EU institutions and agencies have kept us too busy the past few weeks and days, as they have been publishing studies and guidelines in relation to the EU’s digital strategy and future plan. Many of those publications are (or will be) of relevance for the research and innovation taking place in Cyber-Trust and other security research projects, so please find below an overview. On 16 December, the European Commission…

Olga Gkotsopoulou, Research Group on Law, Science, Technology and Society, Vrije Universiteit Brussel  The H2020 Cyber-Trust project (agreement No 786698) aims to foster a holistic and novel cyber-threat intelligence gathering, prevention, detection and mitigation platform, to secure the complex and ever-growing smart infrastructure, used by millions of people daily. The project consortium follows the latest technical innovations as well as best practice in the field, observing developments in the applicable legal and regulatory framework and investigating other ethical and societal…

CGI, October 2020 At the time when the project CyberTrust is progressing towards the implementation of the pilots, it’s timely to talk about the architecture methodology chosen by the consortium of the project CyberTrust which is the backbone of the technological platform has been built. Important interim validated outcome is that the CyberTrust architecture is robust and resilient. The conclusive outcomes will be reported when the pilots are completed. Architecture in the digital world is not just a good idea;…

The ever-evolving IoT landscape: Blessing or Curse? Vasiliki-Georgia Bilali, Antonia Kardara, Dimitrios Kavallieros, George Kokkinis IoT landscape is ever-evolving, influenced mutually (or both) from technological and social needs. IoT applications are evolving as the technological services and products are updated and different industry tendencies and policies are applied. This perpetual evolution emerges from the need to automate, facilitate, and enhance daily routines and operational processes. The long-term goal is to provide technological innovation to users/experts and operational innovation in targeted…