SEINIT: Security expert initiative

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0386-2

Key words (English)

Security; privacy; training; IPv6

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: 001929

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.2 Communications technologies

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

A Secure Information Infrastructure is, after Widespread Availability of Broadband access, the second enabler of a broader access to Information Technology, as recognised by eEurope-2005 initiative.
SEINIT, a two years project, defines new security models and policies to address the new issues of the pervasive computing world. They are implemented over IPv6 infrastructures to cover various business cases and assessed against real life scenarios.
SEINIT develop a trusted and dependable security framework, ubiquitous, working across multiple devices and heterogeneous networks, being organisation independent (inter-operable) and centred around an end-user.
It introduces a security approach closer to real life, easy to use and flexible enough to adapt the complexity of the security mechanisms to the level of the risk faced.
To information systems and network designers, SEINIT delivers new Security models to design innovative security architectures, the security policies addressing the existing and coming threats, and the components to build network infrastructures.
To application developers, SEINIT delivers guidelines and best practices manuals that facilitate the spreading of these technologic results.
To reach a wide acceptance of the new approach by the end users, SEINIT provides training materials and carefully address the ethical (mainly privacy) issues with the relevant European and national authorities.
All the results are inputs to ENISA and other European or national initiatives, such as the European Security Task Force, that SEINIT consult and support to greatly improve the reach of the security concerns of eEurope-2005.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 03.0386-2