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CYRAIL

CYbersecurity in the RAILway sector

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CYRail project has received funding from the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730843 addressing the topic "Threat detection and profile protection definition for cybersecurity assessment.

CYRAIL project Objectives

The main technical objectives are:

  • To perform an exhaustive cyber security assessment of the Railway systems focusing on the most critical railway services, zones and communications
  • To deliver a taxonomy of threats targeting rail management and control systems capable of classifying, describing and analysing cyber-attack threats;
  • To assess and select innovative rail management systems attack detection techniques;
  • To specify countermeasures and mitigation strategies for improved quality levels;
  • To describe resilience mechanisms for operational safety;
  • To specify protection profiles with evaluation of assurance levels.

Description

Railway infrastructures are moving towards more intelligent, connected, usercentric and collaborative systems. While they bring many advantages for the industry and users, they also pose new opportunities for cyber-criminals and terrorists.

In this context, CYRAIL is a collaborative project funded by the European Commission as part of the call for proposals under the Shift2Rail programme for Rail Research and Innovation (R&I), addressing the topic “Threat detection and profile protection definition for cybersecurity assessment”.

An analysis of threats targeting railway infrastructures will be developed as well as innovative, attack detection and alert techniques. Adapted mitigation plans and countermeasures will be defined, taking into account their potential impact on operations. Protection profiles for railway control and signalling applications will be delivered to ensure security by design of new rail infrastructures.

Benefits for rail

CYRAIL will have a significant impact on enhancing the operational security level of the different rail segments and the robustness of the railway information, control and signalling sub-systems. With the challenge of boosting innovative and cost-efficient technologies and system for railway signalling, traffic control and automation with an ever increasing reliance on communications technologies, CYRAIL will contribute to the prevention of cyber-attacks, improving the operational security level of the different rail segments

Duration

1 October 2016 - 30 September 2018

Consortium

6 partners from 5 countries (DE, FR, PT, ES, SE) :

  • Leadership: EVOLEO Technologies LDA ,Portugal
  • Partners:
    • Jakintza Lanezko Ikerkuntza Investigación Universidad Empresa, EUSKOIKER, Spain
    • Fortiss GmbH, Germany
    • International Union of Railways, UIC, France
    • AIRBUS Defence & Space, France
    • ATSEC Information Security AB, Sweden