A European consortium bringing together twelve partners from industry and academia from Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain, including Airbus Cybersecurity, has been awarded a contract under the EU's Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation to begin work on the Brain-IoT project. The project will focus on interoperability and cybersecurity in the Internet of Things (IoT).

As IoT products and services are increasingly used in practice, concerns about system stability and security, confidentiality and protection have also increased. The €5 million EU research project Brain-IoT aims to create a framework and methodology to support users of IoT platforms. It aims to provide model-based tools to develop innovative, seamlessly integrated solutions for interoperability and cybersecurity.

As a leading provider of security packages, Airbus Cybersecurity will contribute its expertise and technologies to the Brain IoT framework. The work will focus in particular on the areas of secure IoT devices and services. The aim is to implement a state-of-the-art security architecture and innovative, lean mechanisms to individually secure all types of IoTs. These solutions will be applicable to unilateral components such as sensors as well as more complex devices such as smartphones. Airbus Cybersecurity will also support the IoT working group in driving security solutions for complete IoT ecosystems.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for us to contribute to the most important security issue of our generation - the IoT. It is necessary to address tomorrow's security issues today," said Steven Rymell, Head of Technology at Airbus Cybersecurity. The Brain IoT consortium comprises companies and institutions from five European countries and is led by the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) in Italy. as