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Workshops DeSIRE and DeFINE CNR, Pisa 25 th -27 th November, 2002

Workshops DeSIRE and DeFINE CNR, Pisa 25 th -27 th November, 2002. Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. Zurich/Zollikon, Switzerland http://www.ebp.ch. Dr. Stefano Bruno and Daniel Bircher , Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. General Overview.

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Workshops DeSIRE and DeFINE CNR, Pisa 25 th -27 th November, 2002

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  1. WorkshopsDeSIRE and DeFINE CNR, Pisa 25th -27th November, 2002 ErnstBasler + PartnersLtd.Zurich/Zollikon, Switzerlandhttp://www.ebp.ch Dr. Stefano Bruno and Daniel Bircher, ErnstBasler + PartnersLtd.

  2. General Overview • Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. is a planning, consulting and engineering company, based in Zurich. • The services range from the concept development to implementation and from the technical solutions to management consulting and strategy planning. • The seven Business Units are: Civil Engineering, Project Management, Infrastructure and Transport, Energy and Technology, Environment, Safety and Security, and Information Technology • About 20% of the projects are international 1

  3. Process and Information Security The Business Field “Process and Information Security” is part of the Business Unit “Safety and Security”. The activities include: • Projects covering dependability aspects of critical infrastructures • Support of and involvement in the Swiss information assurance community (constitution building, elaboration of concepts etc.) • IT security concepts 2

  4. Selected Activities And Projects • Development and application of methods for risk analysis for critical infrastructure sectors • IT-Simulation game “INFORMO 2001” • Elaboration of concepts for a national information sharing and analysis unit • Founding member of the Swiss foundation “InfoSurance” (a PPP project for dependability) • Swiss partner of the DDSI project • Elaboration of the „International Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Handbook“ (with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) 3

  5. Contacts Within Dependability Community Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. has amongst others the following close contacts within the Swiss dependability community: • Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology • Swiss Federal Office of Communication • Swiss Federal Office for National Economic Supply • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich • University for Technics and Architecture, Lucerne • Foundation InfoSurance 4

  6. Research Areas For DeSIRE/DeFINE (I) Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. suggests contributions for DeSIRE/DeFINE in the following four research areas: • A. Infrastructure vulnerabilities • B. Socio-economic studies • C. Cyber-crime and cyber-abuse • D. Training tools 5

  7. Research Areas for DeSIRE/DeFINE (II) A. Infrastructure vulnerabilities • Methods for IT risk assessment (e.g. QPRA, FTRA), based on 30 years of in-house experience • Methods and models to assess and to simulate interdependencies of information infrastructures with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • Practical risk analysis methods for the use in critical (information) infrastructure sectors 6

  8. Research Areas for DeSIRE/DeFINE (III) B. Socio-economic studies • Behavioral studies regarding aspects of trust and confidence in the Information Society • Behavioral studies regarding the use/non-use of IT security tools (virus protection, strong passwords etc.), based on interviews 7

  9. Research Areas for DeSIRE/DeFINE (IV) C. Cyber-crime and cyber-abuse • Conceptual and organisational models and approaches for early warning capabilities and information sharing schemes • Development of models or trusted networks for information sharing • Conceptual research for cyber-crime databases and statistics (based on SIBIS results) • EU-related models for developing/strengthening public private partnerships (PPP) 8

  10. Research Areas for DeSIRE/DeFINE (V) D. Training tools • Concepts for education and training of dependability stakeholders • Establishment of a forum/platform for information sharing, common training facilities, e-learning etc. • Guideline/Handbook for simulation gaming for dependability key players 9

  11. Contact Information Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. Zollikerstrasse 65 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone + 41-1-395 11 11 Fax + 41-1-395 12 34 Internet Dr. Stefano Bruno Daniel Bircher E-Mail: stefano.bruno@ebp.ch E-Mail: daniel.bircher@ebp.ch http://www.ebp.ch 10

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