Integrated Risk Reduction of Information-based Infrastructure Systems (IRRIIS)
Funding: EU FP7
Duration: 02/2006-07/2009
Website: external pagewww.irriis.orgcall_made
Description:
Public life, economy and society as a whole depend to a very large extend on the proper functioning of critical infrastructure (CIs) like energy supply or telecommunication. The EU Integrated Project IRRIIS - Integrated Risk Reduction of Information-based Infrastructure Systems - aimed at protecting this infrastructure.
The extensive use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has pervaded other infrastructure, rendering it more intelligent, increasingly interconnected, complex, interdependent, and therefore more vulnerable.
IRRIIS set out to increase the dependability, survivability and resilience of the underlying information-based infrastructure and:
- Determined a sound set of public and private sector requirements based upon detailed scenario and data analysis.
- Developed MIT (Middleware Improved Technology), a collection of software components, which facilitates IT-based communication between different forms of infrastructure and different infrastructure providers. By supporting recovery actions and increasing service stability in case of critical situations, MIT components substantially enhance the security of large complex critical infrastructure.
- Built SimCIP (Simulation for Critical Infrastructure Protection), a simulation environment for controlled experimentation with a special focus on CIs interdependencies. The simulator was used to deepen understanding of critical infrastructures and their interdependencies, to identify possible problems, to develop appropriate solutions and to validate and test the MIT components.
- Disseminated novel and innovative concepts, results and products to other information-based critical sectors.
The interdisciplinary research and development was performed by a well-balanced European consortium of fifteen partners, ranging from academia, technical consultant and service providers to key stakeholders from the fields of energy supply and telecommunication. IRRIIS was supported by the European Union Sixth Framework Programme within the area of “Information Society Technologies” with seven million Euro funding and was coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS).
Publications
2009
L. Buzna, S. Lozano, and A.-D. Guilera (2009) external pageSynchronization in symmetric bipolar population networks.call_made Physical Review E 80, 066120.
R. Carvalho, L. Buzna, F. Bono, E. Gutierrez, W. Just, and D. Arrowsmith (2009) external pageRobustness of trans-European gas networkscall_made. Physical Review E 80(5), 0161069.
L. Buzna, L. Issacharoff, and D. Helbing (2009) external pageThe evolution of the topology of high-voltage electricity networkscall_made. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures 5(1/2), 72-85.
V. Rosato, L. Issacharoff, G. Gianese, S. Bologna (2009) external pageInfluence of the topology on the power flux of the Italian high-voltage electrical networkcall_made. Physics and Society.
2008
S. Lozano, A. Arenas, and A. Sanchez (2008) external pageCommunity connectivity and heterogeneity: clues and insights on cooperation on social networkscall_made. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 3(2), 183-199.
C. Balducelli, A. Di Pietro, L. Lavalle, and G. Vicoli (2008) external pageA Middleware Improved Technology (MIT) to mitigate interdependencies between Critical Infrastructurescall_made. Pages 28-51 in: R. de Lemos, F. Digiandomenico, C. Gacek, H. Muccini, and M. Vieira (Eds.) Architecting Dependable Systems V (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg).
C. Balducelli, A. Di Pietro, L. Lavalle, and G. Vicoli (2008) Una strategia per mitigare l’effetto delle interdipendenze tra infrastrutture critiche. Automazione e Strumentazione.
R. Savola, H. Pentikäinen (2008) external pageSuurta verkkoa paikkaamassacall_made. Euroopan Tiede ja Teknologia 1.
A. Usov, C. Beyel (2008) external pageSimulating interdependent Critical Infrastructures with SimCIP.call_made European CIIP Newsletter 4(3), 6-8.
R. Klein, M. Stöwer (2008) external pageProject IRRIIS - preliminary results to increase dependability of CIscall_made. European CIIP Newsletter 4(2), 9-12.
M. Schembri (2008) external pageMIT: A software tool to facilitate CIPcall_made. European CIIP Newsletter 4(2).
A. H. Nieuwenhuijs, H. A. M. Luiijf, and M. H. A. Klaver (2008) Modeling Critical Infrastructure Dependencies. In: Proceedings IFIP 10.11 (IFIP, Washington DC).
V. Rosato, F. Tiriticco, L. Issacharoff, S. De Porcellinis, and R. Setola (2008) external pageModelling interdependent infrastructures using interacting dynamical modelscall_made. International Journal of Critical Infrastructure 4(1/2), 63-79.
V. Rosato, L. Issacharoff, S. Meloni, D. Caligiore, and F. Tiriticco (2008) external pageIs the topology of the Internet network really fit to sustain its function?call_made Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 387(7), 1689–1704.
K. Peters, L. Buzna, and D. Helbing (2008) external pageModelling of cascading effects and efficient response to desaster spreading in complex networkscall_made. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures 4(1/2), 46-62.
I. Simonsen, L. Buzna, K. Peters, S. Bornholdt, and D. Helbing (2008) external pageStationary network load models underestimate vulnerability to cascading failurescall_made. Physical Review Letters 100, 218701.
V. Rosato, I. Simonsen, S. Meloni, L. Issacharoff, K. Peters, D. Helbing, and N. von Festenberg (2008) A Complex System's view of Critical Infrastructures. Pages 241-262 in D. Helbing (ed.) external pageManaging Complexity: Insights, Concepts, Applicationscall_made (Springer, Berlin).
L. Issacharoff, S. Lämmer, V. Rosato, and D. Helbing (2008) Critical Infrastructures Vulnerability: The Highway Networks. Pages 201-218 in D. Helbing (ed.) external pageManaging Complexity: Insights, Concepts, Applicationscall_made (Springer, Berlin).
L. Buzna, K. Peters, H. Ammoser, C. Kühnert, and D. Helbing (2008) external pageEfficient Response to Cascading Disaster Spreadingcall_made. Physical Review E 75(5), 056107.
2007
H. A. M. Luiijf, A. H. Nieuwenhuijs, and M. H. A. Klaver (2007) Analysing Critical Infrastructure Dependencies. Pages 295-298 in: J. Beyerer external page2nd Future Security Research Conference Karlsruhecall_made (Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe).
H. Dellwing (2007) external pageCRIPS: Knowledge based emergency management toolcall_made. European CIIP Newsletter 3(2).
W. Schmitz (2007) Simulation and Test: Instruments for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). Journal Information Security Technical Report 12(1), 2-15.
H. Dellwing, W. Schmitz (2007) external pageCrisis Prevention and Planning Systemcall_made. European CIIP Newsletter 3(2), 23 - 26.
W. Schmitz, T. Beer (2007) external pageMethodological approach for holistic security conceptscall_made. Establishing security and stability in the wider black sea area 26, 203-225.
2006
V. Rosato, S. Bogogna, F. Tiriticco (2006) Topological properties of high-voltage electrical networks. Electric Power Systems Research 77(2).
W. Schmitz (2006) external pageOvercoming of CIP obstacles by scenario Management.call_made European CIIP Newsletter 2(3), 9-13.
U. Beyer, F. Flentge (2006) external pageTowards a Holistic Metamodel for Systems of Critical Infrastructurescall_made. European CIIP Newsletter 2(3), 6 - 8.
L. Buzna, K. Peters, H. Ammoser, Ch. Kuehnert, and D. Helbing (2006) external pageEfficient response to cascading disaster spreading.call_made Physical Review E 75, 056107.