Background
Cyber-Physical Systems are becoming fundamental to critical infrastructure, smart cities, smart buildings, and emergency services. As sensors, actuators, communication networks, and digital platforms become increasingly interconnected, the potential impact of cyberattacks grows, affecting data and IT systems as well as physical infrastructure and essential services.
Securing these environments is particularly challenging because Cyber-Physical Systems often combine heterogeneous technologies, large and dynamic networks, and resource-constrained devices. Traditional security approaches can therefore be too complex or resource-intensive for many IoT and edge environments.
CYPRESS addresses these challenges by developing lightweight, scalable, and interoperable cybersecurity solutions for Cyber-Physical Systems. The project focuses on secure communication, access and key management, edge computing, intrusion and anomaly detection, secure device management, and trusted software updates, with solutions designed to protect systems by design while remaining practical for constrained devices and distributed infrastructure.
