DUCA Project: improving secure interconnected IoT systems
Cubit [1] has been developing Internet of Things (IoT) systems and devices for many years, accumulating experience in creating hardware that can effectively communicate its status and measurements.
The recent rapid growth in popularity and usage of IoT devices has led to the generation of a wide and deeply interconnected network through which a large amount of data is communicated. With IoT devices being used in private contexts, including households and commercial activities, data sensitivity is a critical issue and ensuring the security of the communication network is considered to be essential.
To face the situation, Cubit is participating in the DUCA project [2], part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under the Horizon 2020 programme. This project aims to define a comprehensive, privacy-enhancing framework that is platform-independent, ensuring compatibility with multiple architectures. The project focuses on three main use cases: smart energy, big data usage control, and AI-driven collaborative mobility. These use cases enable the development of a robust and flexible framework that can be employed in various contexts, addressing modern privacy challenges.
Cubit has been collaborating closely with the University of Malaga (UMA) [3], particularly with its cybersecurity research center, NICS Lab [4], on the DUCA project.
This collaboration involves a series of ongoing secondments, with personnel exchanges between the two parties: Cubit hosted in Italy Davide Ferraris from UMA and UMA hosted In Spain Cubit’s engineers Gianfranco Cordella, Giorgio Giasiranis and Leonardo Dipilato.
Looking ahead, Cubit aims to accelerate the development of the framework by continuing these secondment collaborations and working towards a more secure world together.
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