HORSE Key Achievement: Attack and prediction modelling

Category: Significant Technology Development

One of the key achievements of the HORSE project is the development of an advanced attack prediction technology capable of forecasting potential events that might happen in the future and, consequently, enabling proactive prevention strategies to be earlier deployed. This prediction capability is integrated into the NDT responsible for building an emulated replica of the actual 5G/6G network. The NDT is enriched with models mirroring the overall 6G landscape, including at least, network infrastructure, services, data, IT resources, policies, users’ behaviour and threats. In addition, to further enhance the cyberattack prediction strategy, the HORSE project has developed a specialized threat model, specifically designed to characterize emerging threats in the 6G network, including information on vulnerabilities, threat actors, cyber-attacks, organization assets and preventive actions. Next figure briefly depicts the strategy deployed for modelling threats in HORSE.

References

[1] Tariq, S., Rodríguez, E., Masip-Bruin, X., Trakadas, P., Jukan, A., & López, D. R. (2024, May). Strategy for Modeling Threats in 5G and B5G Networks. In 2024 IEEE 24th International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing Workshops (CCGridW) (pp. 18-25). IEEE.

[2] Rodriguez, E., Masip-Bruin, X., Martrat, J., Diaz, R., Jukan, A., Granelli, F., & Xilouris, G. (2024). A security services management architecture toward resilient 6G wireless and computing ecosystems. IEEE access.

[3] HORSE project consortium (2024), D3.1 “HORSE Platform Intelligence developed (IT-1)”, https://horse-6g.eu/deliverables/