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Overview of main scientific publications contributed to through SAFETY4RAILS

Overview of main scientific publications contributed to through SAFETY4RAILS

With SAFETY4RAILS coming to an end, it is time to take a brief look at the scientific perspectives on and contributions to the ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS EU project held its final conference in Paris on 28 September 2022

SAFETY4RAILS EU project held its final conference in Paris on 28 September 2022

On 28 September 2022, the SAFETY4RAILS consortium successfully organised its final conference at the UIC headquarters in Paris ... Read more

Utilising an open source threat intelligence and sharing platform as part of the cybersecurity resilience capabilities offered by the S4RIS platform

Utilising an open source threat intelligence and sharing platform as part of the cybersecurity resilience capabilities offered by the S4RIS platform

Introduction of the MISP The primary purpose of utilising cyber threat intelligence (CTI) in the SAFETY4RAILS Information System ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS Final Conference was held on 28 September in Paris, France at UIC HQ

SAFETY4RAILS Final Conference was held on 28 September in Paris, France at UIC HQ

The SAFETY4RAILS Final conference was organised on 28 September in Paris, France at UIC HQ Agenda and presentations 9:30 – 10:00 ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS final newsletter is now published

SAFETY4RAILS final newsletter is now published

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Leveraging Open Source Intelligence for Mass Transit Security

Leveraging Open Source Intelligence for Mass Transit Security

Open Source Intelligence The term “Open Source Intelligence”, or OSINT, describes methods for collecting, analysing and using data ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS held its fourth simulation exercise in Milan on 6th July 2022

SAFETY4RAILS held its fourth simulation exercise in Milan on 6th July 2022

The fourth simulation exercise of the SAFETY4RAILS EU project was co-organised by LDO (Leonardo) and CDM (Comune di Milano). The event ... Read more

The contribution of SAFETY4RAILS in the wider framework of EU rail transport security

The contribution of SAFETY4RAILS in the wider framework of EU rail transport security

The SAFETY4RAILS project supports railway and metro system operators in mitigating risks against their critical infrastructures and ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS Final Conference will be held on 28 September in Paris, France at UIC HQ

SAFETY4RAILS Final Conference will be held on 28 September in Paris, France at UIC HQ

The SAFETY4RAILS Final conference will be organised on 28 September in Paris, France at UIC HQ SAFETY4RAILS is an EU-funded project ... Read more

A crowd simulation tool for improving security and resilience in the railway sector

A crowd simulation tool for improving security and resilience in the railway sector

Crowd simulation technology In critical infrastructures such as railway and metro infrastructures, the design, development, and ... Read more

The choice of the right blockchain platform

The choice of the right blockchain platform

Blockchain technologies provide the possibility to store data in immutable set of records called blocks and distribute them among ... Read more

WINGSPARK: An anomaly detection tool for efficient monitoring, incidents detection and effects mitigation to enhance the security in railway infrastructure

WINGSPARK: An anomaly detection tool for efficient monitoring, incidents detection and effects mitigation to enhance the security in railway infrastructure

WINGS ICT Solutions (www.wings-ict-solutions.eu) designed and developed an extension of the WINGSPARK platform in order to provide the ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS EU held its second simulation exercise online on 27-28 April 2022

SAFETY4RAILS EU held its second simulation exercise online on 27-28 April 2022

The second simulation exercise of the SAFETY4RAILS EU project was co-organised by ERARGE, EGO and TCDD. The event took place online on ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS Newsletter is now published

SAFETY4RAILS Newsletter is now published

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An Incident and Crisis Management Tool to Coordinate the Response to and Recovery from Railway Incidents

An Incident and Crisis Management Tool to Coordinate the Response to and Recovery from Railway Incidents

The operational need The management of emergency and crisis situations in the mainline rail environment and in metro systems is ... Read more

Save the date of SAFETY4RAILS Final Conference to be held in Paris, UIC HQ on 28 September 2022

Save the date of SAFETY4RAILS Final Conference to be held in Paris, UIC HQ on 28 September 2022

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SAFETY4RAILS EU project held its first simulation exercise in Madrid on 9-10 February 2022

SAFETY4RAILS EU project held its first simulation exercise in Madrid on 9-10 February 2022

The Simulation Exercise was co-organised by Metro de Madrid (MDM) and ETRA. The event brought together around 60 representatives from ... Read more

Towards more resilient Railway Systems enhanced with hardware-based cyber-physical security and digital twin

Towards more resilient Railway Systems enhanced with hardware-based cyber-physical security and digital twin

The railway system of systems presents an ecosystem as a complex set of living cyber-physical entities actuating, operating and ... Read more

Building railway infrastructure resilience through reliable data collection

Building railway infrastructure resilience through reliable data collection

Railway infrastructure benefits from long-term asset management, including risk and resilience strategic planning, to prepare for the ... Read more

How Railway System Operators will be able to prevent or mitigate IT and OT outages and failures

How Railway System Operators will be able to prevent or mitigate IT and OT outages and failures

According to Eurostat statistics, the rail passenger transport within the EU was estimated at 416 billion passenger-kilometers in ... Read more

The need of a Security Operation Control Centre to manage railway security

The need of a Security Operation Control Centre to manage railway security

Security is a cornerstone of any sustainable mobility policy and mobility system. Making rail transport secure is complex as it must ... Read more

Why SAFETY4RAILS is Important for Rail System Operators

Why SAFETY4RAILS is Important for Rail System Operators

Why is the safety of rail systems important? In order to answer this question, primarily, it is necessary to define Infrastructure. ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS Impact on Railway Stations in the Context of Physical and Cyber Security

SAFETY4RAILS Impact on Railway Stations in the Context of Physical and Cyber Security

The railway scenario is particular in the context of security. One such example is Roma Termini where the average flow of people ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS presentation at the CERIS DRS Workshop on Multihazards disaster risk management organised by DG HOME

SAFETY4RAILS presentation at the CERIS DRS Workshop on Multihazards disaster risk management organised by DG HOME

On 5 May 2021, a presentation of the SAFETY4RAILS project was provided under the auspices of the Community of European Research and ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS project held its third workshop with the external experts of the Advisory Board on 29 April 2021.

SAFETY4RAILS project held its third workshop with the external experts of the Advisory Board on 29 April 2021.

SAFETY4RAILS held the third project end-users and Advisory Board workshop on 29 April 2021. The workshop focused on specific ... Read more

Future-proofing mass transit infrastructure

Future-proofing mass transit infrastructure

From capacity limitations due to social distancing to changes in mobility patterns because of people working from home, COVID-19 has ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS project attended the “Project to policy kick off seminar” (P2PKOS) for security research organised by REA

SAFETY4RAILS project attended the “Project to policy kick off seminar” (P2PKOS) for security research organised by REA

The second edition of the  “Project to policy kick off seminar” (P2PKOS)  was organised on 22-23 March by the European ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS project held its second workshop with the external experts of the advisory board on 15 March 2021.

SAFETY4RAILS project held its second workshop with the external experts of the advisory board on 15 March 2021.

SAFETY4RAILS project held its second workshop with the external experts of the advisory board on 15 March 2021 SAFETY4RAILS aims at ... Read more

What is challenging for the end users in SAFETY4RAILS? How, why and what are the goals of being in SAFETY4RAILS?

What is challenging for the end users in SAFETY4RAILS? How, why and what are the goals of being in SAFETY4RAILS?

Within the S4R project there are several railway and metro companies involved in their role of “end user”, and a Municipality. They ... Read more

SAFETY4RAILS presentation at EU Rail Passenger Security Platform – RAILSEC 9, held online on 16/02/2021

SAFETY4RAILS presentation at EU Rail Passenger Security Platform – RAILSEC 9, held online on 16/02/2021

SAFETY4RAILS was presented by Stephen Crabbe, coordinator of the project on behalf of Fraunhofer EMI at the 9th Meeting of the EU Rail ... Read more

End-users workshop held on 14-15 December 2020

End-users workshop held on 14-15 December 2020

The SAFETY4RAILS project is dedicated to increasing railways’ resilience to combined cyber-physical threats. To ensure any solution ... Read more

Official launch of SAFETY4RAILS European research project on 5 November 2020

Official launch of SAFETY4RAILS European research project on 5 November 2020

The SAFETY4RAILS (Data-based analysis for SAFETY and security projection FOR detection, prevention, mitigation and response in ... Read more

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