ishaper project

This activity is carried out in execution of the I-SHAPER Strategic Project (C114/23), the result of a collaboration agreement signed between the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE) and the Carlos III University of Madrid. This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funds, financed by the European Union (Next Generation).

Internet-Service Hardening of Authentication, Confidentiality, Privacy, Enforcement and Reliability

Summary

In recent times, the digital world has permeated almost every aspect of our daily lives. The internet now plays a central role not only in how we communicate, but also in our leisure, commerce, culture, health, among others. Recently, devices of various natures have become part of our digital life. Nowadays, domestic, industrial, and control devices (such as photovoltaic plants, measurement systems in connections, ventilation and air conditioning systems), and even vehicles, have acquired the attribute of being “connected”. More recently, the internet revolution has also reached money, savings, and investments through cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance.

Paradigms such as the Internet of Things, Machine to Machine devices, sensor networks, etc., whose generalizations can be grouped under the concept of the Internet of Everything (IoE), have contributed to this reality. In this rapid development of connecting the physical world with the virtual, the evolution of communication protocols and remote computing systems has played a leading role by enabling interconnection as well as the processing of millions of simultaneous data streams. These internet protocols and services, which absorb the generated information and provide added value results for connected devices, did not consider in their design the dynamic nature of accessing them, their migration, replication, and dynamic destruction based on demand, nor the growing threats of quantum computing or the analytical capabilities of artificial intelligence, which the connection of the physical world requires.

The I-SHAPER project aims to conduct research and experimentation through virtualized models and physical devices to advance the strengthening of devices, protocols, and internet services in multiple dimensions such as authentication, confidentiality, privacy, and auditing to contribute to ensuring secure access to these ecosystems of devices and digital assets. The project will allow for significant contributions to the scientific community, educate students on the subject, and carry out dissemination activities to the general public as well as digital literacy, thus contributing to a better understanding of the services, the challenges we face, and possible solutions.