The meeting began with a warm round of introductions, during which the partners got to know each other and presented their expertise in cybersecurity, information modelling and anomaly detection. Participants were then given a comprehensive overview of the GraphWatch project, including its objectives, planned methods and expected results.
Guided tour of the SmartFactoryOWL
One of the highlights of the meeting was the hybrid tour of the SmartFactoryOWL in Lemgo. The existing possibilities and technologies made a lasting impression on the remotely participating project organisers and highlighted the high relevance and realism of the GraphWatch project.
GraphWatch: solutions for cyber security
As part of GraphWatch, the partners are striving to develop pioneering solutions for the detection and defence of advanced persistent threats (APT) in cyber-physical systems. By combining advanced threat hunting techniques and semi-automated anomaly detection using graph-based methods, they contribute to a decisive improvement in security, especially in the context of critical infrastructures. The project makes an important contribution to the ongoing digitalisation and networking of operational technology to cyber-physical systems in the context of Industry 4.0 by proactively addressing and overcoming the challenges in the area of cyber security.
The project is being carried out at inIT by the Networked Automation Systems research group headed by Prof. Dr Henning Trsek.
Project leader and inIT board member Prof Dr Henning Trsek is very satisfied with the start of the project: "Overall, the kick-off meeting was a complete success and laid the foundation for productive collaboration between all partners involved in GraphWatch."
Find out more about the GraphWatch project here:https://www.init-owl.de/forschung/projekte/detail/teilautomatisiertes-threat-hunting-mit-graph-neural-networks-fuer-automatisierungsumgebungen/