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Creating an Agenda for Research On Transportation sEcurity
MARCH 2015 Newsletter
CARONTE Steering Committee
meets in Madrid
The first meeting of the CARONTE project’s
steering committee was held in the Spanish cap-
ital on 18 February at consortium partner Tec-
nalia offices. The participatnes reviewed the pro-
ject’s research approaches and discussed the
progress of CARONTE’s work package 4 (WP4)
on gap and requirement analysis.
CARONTE Coordinator Joachim Kochsiek of
Fraunhofer IML kicked off the committee meet-
ing by announcing that the project’s deliverables
2.1 and 3.1 were finalised in mid-February. He
also indicated that the research consortium’s fo-
cus is now shifting to the work schedule of WP4.
He also mentioned that the initial work of
WP5 – concerning the analysis of existing re-
search projects in the land security area – has
begun. The work group will :
review possible approaches and solu-
tions to land transport security
analyse the solutions’ ethical, funda-
mental right and societal impacts
catalogue relevant research projects,
measures and actions
compose a checklist of ethical, fun-
damental rights and societal issues in
land transport security research.
During the Madrid meeting a representative
from VICESSE stressed that it was imperative
that the group home in on the possible technical
solutions “as soon as possible” so that the CA-
RONTE’s WP5 researchers agree what the deliv-
erable should look like, and how to conduct a
proper analysis of the
work package’s find-
ings.
In conclusion, the
steering committee
reviwed the project’s
next steps and dead-
lines, and stressed that
Deliverable 4.1 on gap
and requirement analysis should have a deadline
of end-April. The committee also agreed that CA-
RONTE’s mid-term conference should take place
at the beginning of June 2015. ##
“It is imperative that the group home in on the
possible technical solutions as soon as possible”
— CARONTE Steering
Board Member
Expert questionnaire
on land transport
As part of its’ ongoing work
CARONTE will be gathering im-
portant insight from experts across Europe re-
garding current land transport security needs.
The research consortium has put together a
comprehensive questionnaire as the basis for
creating a full vision of end-user and stakeholder
needs and requirements in the sector.
The questionnaire is anonymous for data pro-
tection reasons, while the questions are open
ended. Some of the issue on which experts will
be queried include:
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CARONTE experts review cyber
security aspect of land transport
A one-day cyber security expert workshop or-
ganised by CARONTE partners was held on 28
November, 2014 at Vienna’s Austrian Institute of
Technology.
The event was attended by CARONTE’s re-
search consortium partners involved in the pro-
ject’s Work Packages 3 for “Emerging Risks”,
plus eight external cyber security experts from
various European countries.
Among other tasks, CARONTE is putting to-
gether a catalogue of the security risks which
face land transport sectors. The workshop in
Viennese capital saw the partners present the
intermediate results of the risk catalogue, and to
gather feedback from participants.
The workshop concluded that improvements to
the risk catalogue should identify common risks
patterns across the various components and
(sub)systems in land transport.
For any question or comments about WP3’s
work, please contact the work group’s leader:
Dr. Zhendong Ma,
Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Which (land transport)
security measures are you
familiar with, and what
reasons currently allow you
to install these security
measures in your area of
expertise?
What is your main concern about
security, and, among other things,
is it related to the prevention of an
incident, recovery from an incident,
and/or identification of attackers?
What relevant aspects do you as-
sess before installing new security
measures?
When are physical detention and
barrier technology effective in the
case of preventing CBRNe and cyber
attacks?
Do you know of any threat currently
not covered by actual security
measures?
To identify the gaps and requirements of Eu-
rope’s land transport security, the consortium is
looking for knowledgeable experts in the
transport security domain.
The questionnaire can be conducted in a
number of languages, including: English, French,
German and Spanish. For information about
getting involved, please send your expression of
interest to our project coordinator, Joachim
Kochsiek, at:
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“ELSI” part of the picture too
Ethical, human rights and social dimensions of transport security issues are integrated into the WP2’s findings.
Indeed, it is imperative when considering technological innovations to review their ethical, legal and social implica-tion (ELSI) – not as separate from each other, but as intrinsi-cally connected. While there has been research into the “societal dimen- sions” of technolo-gy , there must be more adaption and testing in security research projects. CA- RONTE considers that the EU’s future research in transport secu- rity should contrib-ute in a major way towards a better alignment between ELSA and the actual development of security tools and capabilities.
The results of WP2 will serve as the basis for the next phas-es of the project’s work, and especially for WP3 and WP4. ##
Project’s experts round
off their assessment of Europe’s current land transport security profile
CARONTE’s work package 2 (WP2) has finished its analysis of the state-of-play of Europe’s land transport systems. Com-pleted in mid-February, this work will serve as the basis for the project’s next stages of research.
Effective transport systems are essential to Europe’s pros-perity, with significant impacts on economic growth, territo-rial cohesion, social development and the environment. Un-fortunately, transport has also been subject to acts of unlaw-ful interference, from simple criminal acts on the premises of transport providers to cargo theft to acts of piracy, hijacking and terrorism.
Indeed, the EU has a sad history of terrorist attacks on transport. Besides their psychological effect, such incidents
are costly to Europe’s economy. Cargo theft along from lorries in the EU is estimated to cost more than €8 billion each year!
Transport security seeks to pre-vent acts of unlawful interference against passengers, freight or the transport infrastructure. It should instill confidence in stakeholders that they can use transport with-
out fear. Transport – and thus transport security – has an important international dimension as well: to ensure security within the EU it may be necessary for transport security to be performed outside the EU before goods or people reach Eu-rope’s shores.
WP2’s main objective was to evaluate the status quo of
security and mobility aspects related to transport, coming from research and practice.
This deliverable’s main outcome has been achieved: a clear view of the state-of-the-art in security issues via a rigorous and up-to-date knowledge base for CARONTE’s subsequent work packages.
A majority of the identified measures in the road transport sector addresses cargo and the transport vehicle itself, for example. As for rail transport, it was found that most securi-ty measures address cargo and infrastructure, whereas for the inland waterway sector, the two major measures con-cern passengers and cargo. In the case of interfaces, the ma-jority of measures address the multimodal stations.
The experts also took into account “ELSI”, the ethical di-mentions of possible security solutions. See below box. ##
“The EU has a sad
history of terrorist
attacks on
transport.”
The interfaces of multi-mode transport are
particularly vulnerable.
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CARONTE Advisory Board discusses way forward
CARONTE’s first Advisory Board meeting took place during 29-30 January in Frankfurt where nine representatives from the project met with 24 external experts in security research, con-sulting and transport operations. The outcome of the two-day meeting was guidance for work on the forthcoming deliverables of CARONTE’s work packages 2 and 3 (WP2 & 3).
The tenor of discussions fell into four categories:
Scope and approach of the project. As part of the ongoing work of WP2, nearly 155 land transport security research pro-jects have been identified concerning best practices, regulations and standards procedures. It was agreed that the Advisory Board would be involved in the analysis of these projects to pro-vide practical solutions to their identified gaps and require-ments.
Threats, measures and statistics (of attacks). It was noted dur-ing the meeting that there could be problems with the assess-
ment of risks since only those incidents that are reported will be analysed in CARONTE. In other words, the actual number of inci-dents could be higher since associations, companies or insur-ance groups may be refraining from reporting them. The group discussed how to ensure that a proper risk-assessment is carried out.
Existing approaches and tools. The board agreed that the EU lacks a common framework for transport security. Thus consid-eration should go to encouraging greater coordination and de-velopment of EU critical infrastructure based on that which al-ready exists in some member states.
Proposed approaches. The project should identify a research agenda that takes into account customer/user needs and re-quirements by providing assistance to policy makers with pro-ject market uptake in less than seven years. Solutions for an improved resilience or robustness of a transport system should also include an all-hazards approach. Special attention should be given to the difference of inbound versus outbound security, illegal immigration (the Euro-Tunnel, for example) and crimes - from minor offences up to major ones (such as terrorism). ##
SECURITY EUROPE or c/o The Security Centre 235 Rue de la Loi, box 27 1040 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 230-1162 [email protected]
Joachim Kochsiek Project Coordinator
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
[email protected] +49 231 9743-395
www.iml.fraunhofer.de
CARONTE has received
funding from the
European Union’s
Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
under grant agreement
n° 606967.
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