ACE CyberSafe

Purpose and goal:

The project will work on, develop, and apply a testbed for Fault Detection and Identification (FDI) with the objective of working with methods for detecting anomalies in building controls and operations that can be due to both a malfunction and a malicious cyber influence on the property. The project´s goal is that the results will be made available in the form of a testbed based on the data sets created by subsystems and the security functionality (including detecting both cyber threats and malfunctions) that is developed in the project.

Expected results and effects:

Expected effects are to promote flexibility in future building controls to avoid verticals (lock-in effects from individual suppliers) where the correct level of cyber security can be obtained/maintained. Results through the test bed are created through data-driven development based on the data each subsystem communicates, where the system´s behavior is used to generate profiles of its behavior through AI/ML methods, which can then be used to detect anomalies/deviations.

Approach and implementation: The project has an agile approach with 5 work packages: -WP1, Project management including activity planning, risk management, financial reporting, and steering group work;

-WP2, Subsystem analysis and overall cybersecurity strategy that identifies subsystems as well as their communication and data content; -WP3, Architecture for the cybersecurity function that defines the test bed´s system components; -WP4, Implementation and verification of the test bed; -WP5, Evaluation and dissemination of project results through articles, seminars, workshops, etc.