03.03. Detalle

€-Confidential (Trusted Security Platform to secure multiple kinds of application and to provide a trustworthy execution environment) is an EUREKA Σ !2023 / ITEA 05011 European Research Program and runs from 15/09/2006 until 31/12/2008. You can find the participating organizations on this page.

The goal of the €-CONFIDENTIAL project is to establish a safe and trustworthy security platform for multiple service applications to protect end users from the growing number of threats to be found in cyberspace. The platform would make use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and function with a wide range of common devices from personal computers to mobile phones.

Today people are more and more connected and they want to have access to a large range of services through a wide choice of devices, such as personal computers (PCs), personal data assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones. This connectivity leads to citizens making ever greater use of the Internet, exploiting cyberspace for their day-to-day lives – for example to pay taxes, to manage their bank accounts or to make on-line purchases. However, new security attacks are emerging that take advantage of cyberspace to extort money or compromise companies – the list of possible threats is long. Current solutions to secure equipment and e-service applications are based on easy-to-use, plug-and-play software components. But these solutions only ensure protection on the application layer and often represent the weak link in the security chain as exposure increases to contamination resulting from the global Internet – such as viruses, malicious Trojan horse programs and techniques such as spoofing to gain unauthorised access to a computer, phishing to steal identities and rootkits that compromise system security.

New approach required Such security limitations arise from the complexity involved in ensuring confidence and security at the level of the platform used. So these emerging threats require a new approach to provide a credible security chain for sensitive services. This security chain must include the application and the execution environment – operating system and hardware – to avoid a malicious and invisible corruption of an e-service.

Participantes

Documentación

Certificado Sello eSEC Básico 165 Kb
E-CONFIDENTIAL profile oct-06 736 Kb
E-Confidential poster oct-06 1.454 Kb

Contacto

Guillaume Meier
IIS/OP/R&D Project Manager
EADS Defence and Security Systems
1 Boulevard Jean Moulin
CS 40001 ELANCOURT CEDEX, Paris
France
Tfno.: +33 (0)1 61 38 50 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 61 38 57 83
E-mail: guillaume.meier@eads.com
Web: http://www.eads.com/