ARGOS system integration tests in NCSRD facilities, Athens (Gr)

Following the successful remote tests of integration of the ARGOS system, the partners involved in the second field trial of the ARGOS project met in the facilities of NCSR Democritos, to work locally for system integration and test purposes. The performance of all types of sensors that will be deployed during the final trial of the system was tested. Furthermore network and communication tests of alternative solutions between ARGOS Gateway and the internet were performed and integration of data to the rule based engine the data fusion component, and the DSS interface were tested.

ARGOS presentation in EUCONCIP Conference in Rome

The ARGOS project was invited and presented by KEMEA the 20th of October 2015 in context of the EUCONCIP Conference in Rome to a focused group of European projects dealing with various aspects of security. EUCONCIP (European Cooperation Network on Critical Infrastructure Protection) is an ECDG Home Affair funded project, under the Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks program (CIPS).

Data Mining by Clustering

Clustering is one of the most used techniques in the Data Mining field. Its objective, in ARGOS project, is to help analyzing existing data by subdividing these data into a small number of clusters or (groups) where the events inside any specific cluster are very similar to each other and very dissimilar to the events of the other clusters.

As a result of the clustering process, several important information will be obtained among which two major ones can be quoted:

ARGOS Project Newsletter #1

The First ARGOS Newsletter has been released. Topics included among others:

• Forthcoming 1st Field Trial
• Clustering with FP7 Projects
• ARGOS Technologies
• Analyses & Reviews

Read more by clicking here!

Why complex ICT systems should be standardised?

We may not be aware of them, but we use standards every day, in all aspects of our daily lives – in communications, media, healthcare, food, transport, construction, furniture, energy. Standards provide:

ARGOS visual analytics extraction

The processed outputs from many sensors need to be combined in an early warning system for critical infrastructure. Video-based sensors are usually expensive to process but can bring unique information in the system. For example, a car passing by can be identified by both audio and video sensors, but a car arriving at the scene, switching off and remaining there can only be observed by video.

ARGOS Vibration Sensors

By using a new state–of–the art technology Mira Telecom has developed a world-class vibration sensor, highly accurate and ultra-wide bandwidth capable. This sensor perceives the ground vibrations and sends the signal back to a data processing unit over an optical fiber. The data processing unit is able to identify the vibration pattern in order to classify it and send the information back to the system. The deployment of this type of sensors beyond the security perimeter of the CI provide early warning of any possible intrusion and helps to enhance the security and prevent threats.

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ARGOS Clustering with EDEN Project

The “End-User Driven demo for CBRNe (EDEN)” FP7 Project workshop was organized in February 25-26th, 2015 in the Main School of Fire Service (SGSP) in Warsaw, Poland. This was a Virtual Facility (VF) event in a series of four workshops led by the SGSP in context of EDEN. Each VF is a virtual simulation of respective emergency radiation incident scenarios inside and outside of a nuclear plant which affect public safety at different levels of crisis management in an imaginary country.

The future of surveillance involves anticipate threats

This is one of the conclusions that it was reach during the ARGOS project workshop that took place last 10th March in Madrid. This conference was hold in everis premises and aimed to present the progress made after passing the midway of the project.

It was attended by representatives of different Critical Infrastructure Operators, the Ministry of Defence, law enforcers and technological organizations. It was also attended by the CNPIC (National Centre for Critical Infrastructures Protection in Spain) who gave a brief talk on the implementation of the EPCIP (European programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection) in Spain and the progress made. During the CNPIC intervention it was stated by some of the participants that cooperation between European countries in order to improve the protection of European Critical Infrastructures (ECI) and the creation of a common ground for communication between stakeholders from different countries is the next step that has to be taken. 

ARGOS Clustering with PROACTIVE Project

The PRedictive reasOning and multi-source fusion empowering AntiCipation of attacks and Terrorist actions In Urban EnVironmEnts (PROACTIVE) FP7 Project workshop themed “Models and architectures for emergency management” was organized in February 19th and 20th, 2015 by Consorzio Milano Ricerche and University of Milano Bicocca, Italy in Milan.

ARGOS at III Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection

Everis Aerospace and Defense will present the European project ARGOS next 26^th February 2015, at the III Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection organized by the Spanish National Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CNPIC) along with the Borredá foundation.

The security of critical infrastructure is rapidly developing in Spain. Since the adoption of the Law for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure in 2011 until the adoption of the first sector plans last year, these services have undergone major changes in its security. During the day they will be announced the latest developments, which will occur throughout 2015 and future. The event will be attended by representatives of agencies such as the Spanish Home Office, the CNPIC or the Spanish Institute for Cyber Security (Incibe) plus security officials of various operators. They will address topics such as the current state of the system Critical Infrastructure Protection, sector strategic plans of Transport and Water (which will be released in the coming months) or cyber incident management in these environments.

Link: http://www.seguritecnia.es/eventos/agenda-del-sector/iii-jornada-de-proteccion-de-infraestructuras-criticas

ARGOS website updates

The Consortium wishes you a Creative and Secure 2015! The ARGOS website enters dynamically and updated in the new year, providing project stakeholders and the broad audiences with new information.

Visit the ARGOS website and reach the new sections like "Downloads" where you may choose to see the project's 'Public Deliverables' or the available 'Dissemination Material'. Moreover, you may click on the "News/Events" section and be informed about the latest 'News', scheduled 'Calendar' activities, and the 'Events' the ARGOS project representatives are going to aprticipate and disseminate ARGOS project achievements. Last but not least, the updated "Video Gallery", which includes the ARGOS 3D Animation.

Click on the http://www.argos-project.eu

Stay informed, be Secure! 

ARGOS Project 3D Simulation

ARGOS Project the multimodal early warning security solution for Critical Infrastructures focused on privacy respect, low consumption technologies and detection algorithms based in data fusion and data mining smart engines is visualized in a descriptive 3D Simulation.

Follow the link below and learn more about ARGOS!

http://youtu.be/eVTxMXCjVcE

Mira Telecom has exhibited the relevance of Argos Project at the Milipol Qatar exhibition, October 2014

Mira Telecom was present at Milipol International Exhibition of internal State security Police Equipment, Industrial Site Security and Civil Defense with “Advanced Protection of Critical Buildings by Overall Anticipating Systems” ARGOS Project. 

Milipol Qatar continues to be the biggest international exhibition in the Middle-East, dedicated to internal State Security. The exhibition took place from October 20 to 22 at Doha Exhibition Centre. The Milipol Qatar exhibition is being held under the aegis of the Ministry of Interior of Qatar, who has appointed a "Milipol Qatar Committee", made of four high ranked officials. It has made a name of itself through the professionalism and the quality of its exhibitors and visitors, all linked to the public and industrial security sectors.

ARGOS Project Presentation in CRITIS 2014 International Conference

CRITIS 2014 continues a well-established tradition of successful annual conferences. It aims at bringing together researchers and professionals from academia, industry and governmental organizations working in the field of the security of critical infrastructure systems.

Modern society relies on the availability and smooth operation of a variety of complex engineering systems. These systems are termed Critical Infrastructure Systems (CIS). Some of the most prominent examples of critical infrastructure systems are electric power systems, telecommunication networks, water distribution systems, transportation systems, wastewater and sanitation systems, financial and banking systems, food production and distribution, and oil/natural gas pipelines.

Ethical and legal constraints for ARGOS system: Why and how to identify them?

There are several reasons to explore potential ethical and legal implications stemming from innovations in Critical Infrastructure (CI) protection. At a first sight, everyone understands that CI must be safeguarded, and that it might require some restrictive measures: you just cannot freely walk through and do whatever you want in a facility, which provides an electricity, potable water, or gas for a city populated with a million fellow citizens. On the other hand, does any infrastructure deserve a right to impose limitations on people’s freedom of move, or even break their privacy when they get any closer? These are questions that arise with deploying technical measures of CI physical security. ARGOS system is going to be such a technical measure. Development of such a technological platform does not take place in a vacuum.

ARGOS Workshop in Madrid

ARGOS project was presented to the Spanish Critical Infrastructure Operators last 12 June during a workshop in everis premises in Madrid. The objective of this workshop was to describe the different parts that will encompass the ARGOS solution (such as vibration sensors, wake-up cameras, data-fusion and data-mining modules…) and gather the necessities and concerns of the CI Operators regarding CI protection.

ARGOS Workshop in Athens

Τhe Center for Security Studies (KEMEA) in cooperation with EVERIS, the ARGOS project Coordinator, organized successfully on 20/3/2014 the first ARGOS  Workshop in Athens in order to identify and elaborate the needs and requirements of the security professionals and the operators of Critical Infrastructures (CIs) as regards the physical security of confined (installations) and extended (networks) infrastructures.

ARGOS Consortium Kick-off Meeting in Madrid

ARGOS consortium is composed of 13 partners from 7 different countries with a combination of technical and research skills, industrial presence and relevant current products. The project is coordinated by everis and Aratos Technologies, Athena GS3 Security Implementations, Center for Security Studies (Kemea), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, HI-Iberia Engineering Group, Infitheon Technologies, the IT Laborotory of Research and Education in Athens, Mira Telecom, Thales Services and the Charles de Praga University also participate with the ARGOS consortium. In addition, the Port Authority of Gijón and the Demokritos National Center for Scientific Research have collaborated in the project, as end users of this type of security solution.

ARGOS Disseminaton Plan

A Dissemination Plan is necessary to build awareness of a project results and maximize its commercial exploitation potential. A project cannot be considered to have had real impact if there is no dissemination of its results beyond the boundaries of the project itself. The objective of this Dissemination Plan is to lay down the foundations for effective external communication of the ARGOS solution and the potential benefits to interested stakeholders at an international level, focusing primarily in Europe.

During this document we are going to develop the dissemination strategy to be followed during the entire project making clear the objectives for the dissemination plan, the messages to be delivered, the target audience for each message and the list of activities to perform. To evaluate the effect and impact for each of the activities a set of success indicators or KPIs will be defined.