Project acronym: CI2RCO

Coordination: FhG-SIT Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, Germany

Project partners:

EBP, Ernst Basler + Partner AG, Switzerland ENEA, Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente, Italy PT-DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Projektträger des BMBF für Informationstechnik, Germany GET - ENST, Groupe des Écoles des Télécommunications - École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France FhG, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Germany IABG, Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, Germany TNO Defence, Security and Safety, Netherlands

ICT Technological Area: 2.8. Data Processing / Data Interchange, Middleware, 2.9. Data Protection, Storage Technology, Cryptography, Data Security, 2.13. Information Technology/Informatics, 2.14. Internet Technologies

Sectors of ICT Implementation: 2.2. Telecommunications, 4. Energy, 5. Transportation

Project duration: 24 months

Project start: 01/03/2005

EC funding: 0.975 M EUR

Project aim:
The main objective of the Critical Information Infrastructure Research Coordination (CI2RCO) project is to create and co-ordinate a European Taskforce

• to encourage a co-ordinated Europe-wide approach for research and development on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP), and
• to establish a European Research Area (ERA) on CIIP as part of the larger IST Strategic Objective to integrate and strengthen the ERA on Dependability and Security

Contacts and Website:
http://www.ci2rco.org/index.asp

Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (FhG-SIT)
Department Secure Processes and Infrastructures (SPI)
Mr Uwe Bendisch
Schloss Birlinghoven
D-53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany