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The Sauron project gets underway in Valencia, to protect European ports from both physical and cyber attacks
The SAURON project proposes to ensure an adequate level of physical and cyber protection for European Union ports and to limit, as far as possible, the detrimental effects on society and the public of a combined (physical/cyber) attack.
The main objective of the project is to integrate the physical and cyber security systems, thus protecting the ports of the European Union and their surroundings, through the development of an advanced visualization system called "Hybrid Security Awareness". This is a multidimensional system capable of reducing current vulnerabilities and increasing the degree of prevention, as well as acting quickly in the face of an attack.
In this project, Fundación Valenciaport has technical support from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the universities of Piraeus (Greece), Leuven (Belgium), as well as institutes and technology companies such as the Austrian Institute of Technology, Morpho (Safran) and Thales in France, ETRA and S2 Group in Spain and INNOVASEC in the UK. Also participating are the ports of Valencia, Livorno (Italy), Koper (Slovenia), Piraeus (Greece) and the Noatum container terminal in Valencia. In their role as end users, these ports will evaluate and validate the results. SAURON has a budget of about ?8,500,000 and is expected to run for 36 months.
SAURON proposes the
development of an integrated control and management system that incorporates
the application of new visualization techniques (cyber interfaces, 3D models,
virtual/augmented reality scenarios, etc.) to show/visualize the real
environment and cyberspace. The different systems and control sensors that are
already installed in a port will be integrated to show in real time (both
through images and data) the circumstances surrounding an intrusion, attack or
event, whether physical (fire, explosions, etc.) or cyber (cyberattack). These
systems will thus provide valuable information for decision-making with respect
to prevention, protection and response, offering a joint operation scenario to
inform operators? decisions and help them to understand and tackle a combined
threat.
In this regard, SAURON proposes the implementation of two pilots: one to be
held in the Port of Valencia, centred on the container traffic scenario; and
the second in the Port of Piraeus, focused on cruise safety.
Through this type of initiative, Fundación Valenciaport underlines its commitment to the issues of security and cyber-security. The aim is to keep the Port of Valencia at the forefront in these matters, by identifying the latest technologies and tools in the market.
Recent Articles
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The EC considers SAURON as a successful Project: Ports prepare for cyber-storms, too
26/03/2019 / InCritical infrastructure, like ports, face growing threats - both physical and cybernetic. In response, EU-funded researchers have developed novel 'hybrid' situation-awareness tools, including visualisation techniques for detecting, preventing, and mitigating the impacts of potential attacks.
Publication on SAURON project in SIC Magazine (Magazine on Cybersecurity, Information Security and Privacy)
18/01/2019 / InSAURON: Ports prepared for combined physical-cyber attacks The ports, which are key logistics hubs, are exposed to multiple threats. The security departments strive to control numerous causes of risks for goods, passengers, infrastructures and information systems. The challenge they face is to prevent, act and minimize any threat. In this context comes SAURON, a project funded by the European Union under the H2020 program, coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation and together with S2 Grupo and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), which provides ports with a holistic security system advanced combining physical-cybernetic threats through advanced information and visualization systems.
SAURON Project participated in the workshop: Novel approaches in risk and security management for critical infrastructures in Vienna
28/06/2017 / In PressThis workshop brought together several research teams from all across Europe that currently collabotate in other european projects also related with the protection of critical infrastructures such as MITIGATE, SPARKS, or HYRIM.
Sauron EU project to tackle cyber security
28/06/2017 / In PressA new EU project aims to ensure an adequate level of both physical and cyber protection for European ports and to limit, as far as possible, the detrimental effects of combined physical and cyber-attacks.
The Sauron project gets underway in Valencia, to protect European ports from both physical and cyber attacks
28/06/2017 / In PressOn 30th and 31st May, the Port of Valencia hosted the kick-off meeting of the SAURON project (scalable multidimensional situation awareness solution for protecting European ports), coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by the European Commission through the H2020 programme.