Aims & Scope

Critical Infrastructures (CIs) are an inevitable part of the modern, interconnected world. Their main objective is to provide services essential for the physical and economical well-being of citizens. The number of the attack attempts such infrastructures endure, forces academy, industries and public bodies to keep high the interest in the protection against security threats. Recent Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements improve CIs protection through risk analysis. Digital Twins (DTs) enhance risk assessment and decision-making by syncing complex systems and incorporating data, including consumer behaviour.

This workshop aims at providing a forum to communicate their latest results on theoretical advances, industrial case studies, practical scenarios, and lessons learned in the design and in the verification of properties of critical infrastructures.

Topics of Interest

The workshop will cover a broad perspective on CIs protection, which includes, but is not limited to:

• approaches based on the combination of different perspectives (e.g., physical and cyber security);

• security/performance trade-offs for cryptographic schemes and algorithms;

• safety/security trade-offs in protection systems;

• integration between model-based and data-driven approaches;

• innovative techniques based on DTs;

• usage of AI techniques to ensure quality and related trustworthiness;

• predictive and defect maintenance;

• risk assessment methodologies for critical infrastructure protections.

Workshop co-chairs

Stefano Marrone, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" (Italy) — stefano.marrone@unicampania.it

Mariapia Raimondo, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" (Italy) — mariapia.raimondo@unicampania.it

Laura Verde, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" (Italy) — laura.verde@unicampania.it

Technical Program Committee

Crisitina Alcaraz, University of Malaga (ES)

Paulo C. Bartolomeu, University of Aveiro (PT)

Emanuele Bellini, Univ. Roma Tre (IT)

Simona Bernardi, Univ. de Zaragoza (ES)

Julie Beugin, Univ. Gustave Eiffel (FR)

Lelio Campanile, Univ. della Campania (IT)

Ugo Gentile, Nestlé Research (CH)

Mohamed Ghazel, Univ. Gustave Eiffel (FR)

Stefano Marrone, Univ. della Campania (IT)

Fiammetta Marulli, Univ. della Campania (IT)

Michele Mastroianni, Univ. di Salerno (IT)

Francesco Mercaldo, Univ. del Molise (IT)

Giovanni Paragliola, Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte prestazioni - CNR(IT)

Mariapia Raimondo, Univ. della Campania (IT)

Massimiliano Rak, Univ. della Campania (IT)

Ricardo J. Rodriguez, Univ. de Zaragoza (ES)

Rim Saddem, Univ. Aix-Marseille (FR)

Giovanna Sannino, Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte prestazioni- CNR (IT)

Paolo Santonastaso, Univ. della Campania (IT)

Laura Verde, Univ. della Campania (IT)