Cyber-Physical Systems Lab

The project addresses common territorial challenges related to cyber physical system (CPS) security and critical infrastructure resilience, with a specific focus on the energy sector. These infrastructures are critical in modern societies because they support essential services such as healthcare, heating, water supply, financial sector etc., all of which rely on stable and reliable energy supply.

The approach of our project is centered on the creation of a cyber physical system (CPS) security Laboratory Network. This network enables us to effectively address these challenges. It combines the expertise and resources of two universities: the University of Vaasa (UVA) contributes a real-time simulation-based laboratory to accurately model, analyse, and manage cyberattacks on critical infrastructures, while the Luleå University of Technology (LTU) contributes knowledge in IoT and agent-based architecture to construct technically complex and dynamic scenarios within the co-simulation environment and system interoperability.

Expected Results

This project, together with partner from the University of Vaasa Finland, will contribute towards the following 2 project goals:

Goal 1: Development of a roadmap for cybersecurity research agenda in Northern Europé. The roadmap will be developed with input from academic and industrial stakeholders in the energy sector and identify short term and long term digital cybersecruity needs in both academia and industry

Goal 2: From the cyber-security roadmap developed from Goal 1, we will establish a CPS securuity and research lab network to support the research agenda from the roadmap