Advanced Tools to assEss and mitigate the criticality of ICT compoNents and their dependencies over Critical InfrAstructures

Project Information

ATENA

Grant agreement ID: 700581

DOI

10.3030/700581

Project closed

EC signature date 20 April 2016

Start date 1 May 2016

End date 31 May 2019

Funded under

• Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

Total cost

€ 8 111 937,50

EU contribution

€ 6 889 925,00

Coordinated by

LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (45)

Requirements and reference architecture of the cyber-physical IDS (interim version)
Taxonomies
Impact assessment intermediate report
Design of the Distributed IDS for IACS (interim version)
Innovation & IPR Plan
Requirements and reference architecture of the cyber-physical IDS (final version)
Exploitation management (report & post-project plan) and business model final report
Final Report on the Distribution of the Community’s Contribution
Final Activity Report
First Periodic Management Report
Integration Report (1st release)
Integration Report (2nd release)
Integration Plan
Impact assessment methodology and criteria
Design and development Plan
Societal Impact Interim Report
Final ATENA prototype validation and evaluation of validation results (Final report)
Impact assessment preliminary report
Design and development report of the 2nd release of components
Requirements and reference architecture of DSS (final report)
Patentability Report
Design of the Distributed IDS for IACS (final version)
Exploitation management (report & re-viewed plan) and business model interim report
Validation system implementation and aggregation (Interim report)
Impact assessment final report
Validation Plan
Training, dissemination and communication (final report)
Societal Impact Final Report
IACS-oriented security components
Exploitation plan
First Report on the Distribution of the Community’s Contribution
State of the art
Second Periodic Activity Report
Standardization Final report
Requirements and reference architecture of DSS (interim report)
Second Periodic Report on the Distribution of the Community’s Contribution
Design and development report of the 1st release of components
Standardization interim report
First Periodic Activity Report
Security Defined Software (interim report)
Final Management Report
Second Periodic Management Report
Quality Plan
Security Defined Software (final report)
Training, dissemination and communication (interim report)

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Training, dissemination and communication plan & Project Web Site
Training, dissemination and communication (final DEC)
Training, dissemination and communication (interim DEC)

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (4)

Final ATENA prototype validation and evaluation of validation results (Final DEM)
Validation system implementation and aggregation (Interim DEM)
Integrated tool suite (1st release)
Integrated tool suite (2st release)

Publications

Conference proceedings (26)

Network composition for optimal disturbance rejection

Author(s): Riccardo Santini, Andrea Gasparri, Fabio Pasqualetti, Stefano Panzieri
Published in: 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), Issue 2016, 2016, Page(s) 3764-3769, ISBN 978-1-4673-8682-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2016.7525499

Improved Multi-Criteria Distribution Network Reconfiguration with Information Fusion

Author(s): Dario Masucci, Chiara Foglietta, Cosimo Palazzo, Stefano Panzieri
Published in: 19th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2016), Issue 2016, 2016, Page(s) 256-263, ISBN 978-0-9964-5274-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2649901

Smart Behavioural Filter for SCADA Network

Author(s): Giovanni Corbò, Chiara Foglietta, Cosimo Palazzo, Stefano Panzieri
Published in: Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems. INISCOM 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 188, Issue Volume 188, 2017, Page(s) 101-110, ISBN 978-3-319-52569-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52569-3_9

Security implications of SCADA ICS virtualization: survey and future trends

Author(s): Cruz, Tiago and Queiroz, Rui and Simoes, Paulo and Monteiro, Edmundo
Published in: Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (Eccws 2016), 2016, Page(s) 74-83
Publisher: Academic Publishing International (API)
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1064.2167

Attacking SCADA systems: A practical perspective

Author(s): Luis Rosa, Tiago Cruz, Paulo Simoes, Edmundo Monteiro, Leonid Lev
Published in: 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), 2017, Page(s) 741-746, ISBN 978-3-901882-89-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/INM.2017.7987369

Active distribution grids: A MatLab-Simulink tool for energy performance analysis

Author(s): E. Ciancamerla, M. Minichino, M.C. Falvo, L. Martirano
Published in: 2016 AEIT International Annual Conference (AEIT), 2016, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-8-8872-3730-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/AEIT.2016.7892749

Building an NFV-based vRGW: Lessons learned

Author(s): Jorge Proenca, Tiago Cruz, Paulo Simoes, Goncalo Gaspar, Bruno Parreira, Alexandre Laranjeira, Fernando Bastos
Published in: 2017 14th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2017, Page(s) 653-658, ISBN 978-1-5090-6196-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2017.7983208

On the optimization of energy storage system placement for protecting power transmission grids against dynamic load altering attacks

Author(s): Alessandro Di Giorgio, Alessandro Giuseppi, Francesco Liberati, Antonio Ornatelli, Antonio Rabezzano, Lorenzo Ricciardi Celsi
Published in: 2017 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2017, Page(s) 986-992, ISBN 978-1-5090-4533-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2017.7984247

Cyber attacks on SCADA of critical infrastructures by an hybrid testbed

Author(s): E. Ciancamerla, B. Fresilli, M. Minichino, T. Patriarca
Published in: 6th International Defense and Homeland Security Simulation Workshop, DHSS, Larnaca, Cyprus 26-28 September 201, 2016, Page(s) 15-24, ISBN 978-1-5108-3084-4
Publisher: Dime University of Genoa

Controlled electricity distribution network black start with energy storage system support

Author(s): Alessandro Di Giorgio, Alessandro Giuseppi, Francesco Liberati, Antonio Pietrabissa
Published in: 2017 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2017, Page(s) 781-786, ISBN 978-1-5090-4533-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2017.7984213

Security for mobile device assets: a survey

Author(s): Lima, A. and Tiago Cruz and Sousa, B. and Simões P.
Published in: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2017), 2017, Page(s) 227-236, ISBN 978-1-911218-26-5
Publisher: Academic Conferences and Publishing Limited

Dynamic Risk Analyses Based on a Risk Taxonomy for Critical Infrastructures

Author(s): Steve Muller, Carlo Harpes, Yves Le Traon, Sylvain Gombault, Jean-Marie Bonnin, Paul Hoffmann
Published in: Critical Information Infrastructures Security. CRITIS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Issue vol. 10242, 2017, Page(s) 163-175, ISBN 978-3-319-71367-0
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71368-7_14

An evolved security architecture for distributed Industrial Automation and Control Systems

Author(s): Rosa, L. and Proença, J.D.G. and Henriques, J.P. and Graveto, V. and Tiago Cruz and Simões, P. and Caldeira, F. and Monteiro, E.
Published in: Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2017), 2017, Page(s) 380-390, ISBN 978-1-911218-43-2
Publisher: Academic Conferences and Publishing Limited

Machine Learning for Reliable Network Attack Detection in SCADA Systems

Author(s): Lopez Perez, Rocio; Adamsky, Florian; Soua, Ridha; Engel, Thomas
Published in: Proceedings The 17th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications (IEEE TrustCom-18). (2018)., Issue 2018 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE, 2018, Page(s) 633-638, ISBN 978-1-5386-4387-7
Publisher: IEEE

A Game-Theoretical Approach to Cyber-Security of Critical Infrastructures Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Martina Panfili, Alessandro Giuseppi, Andrea Fiaschetti, Homoud B. Al-Jibreen, Antonio Pietrabissa, Franchisco Delli Priscoli
Published in: 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2018, Page(s) 460-465, ISBN 978-1-5386-7890-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2018.8442695

Distributed Wardrop Load Balancing in Multi-MTU SCADA Systems

Author(s): Vincenzo Suraci, Lorenzo Ricciardi Celsi, Alessandro Giuseppi, Gioacchino Manfredi, Alessandro Di Giorgio
Published in: 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2018, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-1-5386-7890-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/med.2018.8442485

Risk Adverse Virtual Power Plant Control in Unsecure Power Systems

Author(s): Alessandro Giuseppi, Roberto Germana, Alessandro Di Giorgio
Published in: 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2018, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-1-5386-7890-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/med.2018.8442768

Machine Learning for Reliable Network Attack Detection in SCADA Systems

Author(s): Rocio Lopez Perez, Florian Adamsky, Ridha Soua, Thomas Engel
Published in: 2018 17th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications/ 12th IEEE International Conference On Big Data Science And Engineering (TrustCom/BigDataSE), 2018, Page(s) 633-638, ISBN 978-1-5386-4388-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/trustcom/bigdatase.2018.00094

Forget the Myth of the Air Gap: Machine Learningfor Reliable Intrusion Detection in SCADA Systems

Author(s): Lopez Perez, Rocio; Adamsky, Florian; Soua, Ridha; Engel, Thomas
Published in: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety. European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) (2019)., Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-1-2019.159348

Detecting Integrity Attacks in IoT-based Cyber Physical Systems: a Case Study on Hydra Testbed

Author(s): Federica Battisti, Giuseppe Bernieri, Marco Carli, Michela Lopardo, Federica Pascucci
Published in: 2018 Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS), 2018, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-5386-6451-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/giots.2018.8534437

Modeling and simulation of Critical Infrastructures Interdependencies for risk mitigation

Author(s): Iassinovski, Serguei; Minichino, Michele; Ciancamerla, Ester
Published in: Congress on Intelligent Systems and Information Technologies (IS&IT'17), Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: Physmathlit
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3067463

Softwarization of SCADA: Lightweight Statistical SDN-Agents for Anomaly Detection

Author(s): Rinaldi, Giulia; Adamsky, Florian; Soua, Ridha; Baiocchi, Andrea; Engel, Thomas
Published in: 10th International Conference on Networks of the Future (NoF). (2019)., Issue 5, 2019
Publisher: authors' pre-print, to be published

Heterogeneous and distributed simulation models for Critical Infrastructures Interdependencies analysis and risk mitigation

Author(s): Iassinovski, Serguei; Ciancamerla, Ester; Fresilli, Benedetto; Lavalle, Luisa; Patriarca, Tatiana; Tofani, Alberto
Published in: Congress on Intelligent Systems and Information Technologies (IS&IT'18), Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: Physmathlit
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3055109

Exploiting System Model for Securing CPS: the Anomaly Based IDS Perspective

Author(s): Riccardo Colelli, Stefano Panzieri, Federica Pascucci
Published in: 2018 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2018, Page(s) 1171-1174, ISBN 978-1-5386-7108-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2018.8502495

Securing Cyber-Physical Systems: An Optimization Framework based on OSSTMM and Genetic Algorithms

Author(s): Alessandro Giuseppi, Andrea Tortorelli, Roberto Germana, Francesco Liberati, Andrea Fiaschetti
Published in: 2019 27th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), 2019, Page(s) 50-56, ISBN 978-1-7281-2803-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2019.8798506

A Framework for Improved Home Network Security (pre-print)

Author(s): A. Craveiro, A. Oliveira, J. Proença, T. Cruz, P. Simões
Published in: 18th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2019), 2019
Publisher: not yet published

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Leveraging virtualization techniques for improving SCADA ICS Security and Reliability

Author(s): T Cruz, R Queiroz, J Proença, P Simões, E Monteiro
Published in: Journal of Information Warfare, Issue Volume 15, Issue 3, 2016, Page(s) 81-100, ISSN 1445-3312
Publisher: Teamlink Australia

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Towards energy efficiency of interdependent urban networks

Author(s): Giuseppe Alonge, Ester Ciancamerla, Alberto Mastrilli, Michele Minichino, Angelo Nicotra, Marco Ranno, Maurizio Reali, Pasquale Regina
Published in: International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Issue 11/6, 2016, Page(s) 529, ISSN 1740-2123
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
DOI: 10.1504/ijspm.2016.082923

Virtualizing Programmable Logic Controllers: Toward a Convergent Approach

Author(s): Tiago Cruz, Paulo Simoes, Edmundo Monteiro
Published in: IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, Issue 8/4, 2016, Page(s) 69-72, ISSN 1943-0663
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/les.2016.2608418

Robust protection scheme against cyber-physical attacks in power systems

Author(s): Alessandro Di Giorgio, Antonio Pietrabissa, Francesco DelliPriscoli, Alberto Isidori
Published in: IET Control Theory & Applications, Issue 12/13, 2018, Page(s) 1792-1801, ISSN 1751-8644
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cta.2017.0725

Integrated protection of industrial control systems from cyber-attacks: the ATENA approach

Author(s): F. Adamsky, M. Aubigny, F. Battisti, M. Carli, F. Cimorelli, T. Cruz, A. Di Giorgio, C. Foglietta, A. Galli, A. Giuseppi, F. Liberati, A. Neri, S. Panzieri, F. Pascucci, J. Proenca, P. Pucci, L. Rosa, R. Soua
Published in: International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Issue 21, 2018, Page(s) 72-82, ISSN 1874-5482
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2018.04.004

Economic Model Predictive and Feedback Control of a Smart Grid Prosumer Node

Author(s): Francesco Liberati, Alessandro Di Giorgio
Published in: Energies, Issue 11/1, 2018, Page(s) 48, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en11010048

A Comprehensive Security Analysis of a SCADA Protocol: From OSINT to Mitigation

Author(s): Luis Rosa, Miguel Freitas, Sergey Mazo, Edmundo Monteiro, Tiago Cruz, Paulo Simoes
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 7, 2019, Page(s) 42156-42168, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2906926

From Detecting Cyber-Attacks to Mitigating Risk Within a Hybrid Environment

Author(s): Chiara Foglietta, Dario Masucci, Cosimo Palazzo, Riccardo Santini, Stefano Panzieri, Luis Rosa, Tiago Cruz, Leonid Lev
Published in: IEEE Systems Journal, Issue 13/1, 2019, Page(s) 424-435, ISSN 1932-8184
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2018.2824252

A stealth monitoring mechanism for cyber-physical systems

Author(s): Vitor Graveto, Luís Rosa, Tiago Cruz, Paulo Simões
Published in: International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Issue 24, 2019, Page(s) 126-143, ISSN 1874-5482
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2018.10.006

Mobile Forensic Data Analysis: Suspicious Pattern Detection in Mobile Evidence

Author(s): Konstantia Barmpatsalou, Tiago Cruz, Edmundo Monteiro, Paulo Simoes
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 6, 2018, Page(s) 59705-59727, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2018.2875068

Smart Behavioural Filter for Industrial Internet of Things

Author(s): Giovanni Corbò, Chiara Foglietta, Cosimo Palazzo, Stefano Panzieri
Published in: Mobile Networks and Applications, Issue 23/4, 2018, Page(s) 809-816, ISSN 1383-469X
Publisher: Baltzer Science Publishers B.V.
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-017-0882-1

On the Use of Ontology Data for Protecting Critical Infrastructures (pre-print)

Author(s): Henriques, J.P., Caldeira F., Cruz, T., and Simões, P.
Published in: Journal of Information Warfare, Issue "Vol. 17, #4", 2019, Page(s) 38-55, ISSN 1445-3312
Publisher: Journal of Information Warfare

Book chapters (2)

SDN-Enabled Virtual Data Diode

Author(s): Miguel Borges de Freitas, Luis Rosa, Tiago Cruz, Paulo Simões
Published in: Computer Security - ESORICS 2018 International Workshops, CyberICPS 2018 and SECPRE 2018, Barcelona, Spain, September 6–7, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Issue 11387, 2019, Page(s) 102-118, ISBN 978-3-030-12785-5
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12786-2_7

Denial of Service Attacks: Detecting the Frailties of Machine Learning Algorithms in the Classification Process

Author(s): Ivo Frazão, Pedro Henriques Abreu, Tiago Cruz, Hélder Araújo, Paulo Simões
Published in: Critical Information Infrastructures Security - 13th International Conference, CRITIS 2018, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 24-26, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Issue 11260, 2019, Page(s) 230-235, ISBN 978-3-030-05848-7
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05849-4_19

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Network Softwarization for IACS Security Applications

Author(s): Freitas, Miguel Rosado Borges de
Published in: Issue 1, 2018
Publisher: UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA

Other (1)

Cyber-security Modbus ICS Dataset

Author(s): I. Frazão, P. Abreu, T. Cruz, H Araújo, P. Simões
Published in: 2019
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.21227/pjff-1a03