1. CIRAS FINAL CONFERENCE
CIRAS OVERVIEW
Katowice, June, 8th, 2016
Jaime Martín, Project Coordinator, ATOS

2. Security and Critical Infrastructures…what is being done?
Authorities are investing more and more: more means and more cooperation
Changes in laws at national and international level
Sendai Framework (UNISDR) for Disaster Risk Reduction , one of its targets is:
“ Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services, among them health and educational facilities, including through developing their resilience by 2030. ”
CIRAS is a European reserach project cofunded by the prevention ….. CIPS is designed
Directorate-General (DG) Migration and Home Affairs
Terrorism & other Security-related Risks (CIPS)
The Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks (CIPS) programme is designed to protect citizens and critical infrastructures from terrorist attacks and other security incidents.
It does this by fostering prevention and preparedness, particularly by improving the protection of critical infrastructures. At the same time, projects address consequence management – a key component for the smooth coordination of crisis management and security actions, in particular following terrorist attacks.

3. What is being done at European level?
EC’s DG HOME EPCIP
CIPS programme
FP7 - SEC programme
H2020 – CIP01 and SEC01
Programmes of other dedicated directorates
European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP)  sets the overall framework for activities aimed at improving the protection of critical infrastructure in Europe - across all EU States and in all relevant sectors of economic activity. The threats to which the programme aims to respond are not only confined to terrorism, but also include criminal activities, natural disasters and other causes of accidents. In short, it seeks to provide an all-hazards cross-sectoral approach. The EPCIP is supported by regular exchanges of information between EU States in the frame of the CIP Contact Points meetings.
CIRAS is a European reserach project cofunded by the prevention ….. CIPS is designed
Directorate-General (DG) Migration and Home Affairs
Terrorism & other Security-related Risks (CIPS)
The Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks (CIPS) programme is designed to protect citizens and critical infrastructures from terrorist attacks and other security incidents.
It does this by fostering prevention and preparedness, particularly by improving the protection of critical infrastructures. At the same time, projects address consequence management – a key component for the smooth coordination of crisis management and security actions, in particular following terrorist attacks.

4. Challenging decisions
Need for effective solutions
Finding a balance of:
security improvement
cost effectiveness
social acceptance
political compliance
CIRAS is a European reserach project cofunded by the prevention ….. CIPS is designed
Directorate-General (DG) Migration and Home Affairs
Terrorism & other Security-related Risks (CIPS)
The Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks (CIPS) programme is designed to protect citizens and critical infrastructures from terrorist attacks and other security incidents.
It does this by fostering prevention and preparedness, particularly by improving the protection of critical infrastructures. At the same time, projects address consequence management – a key component for the smooth coordination of crisis management and security actions, in particular following terrorist attacks.

5. CIRAS: Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment Support
CIRAS rationale
CIRAS: Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment Support
Project: EC’s DG HOME CIPS programme
- Co-funded by the Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks Programme of the European Commission (CIPS)
Aim: support decision-making processes to protect citizens and CIs from terrorist attacks and other security incidents.
Duration: 2 years (Sept, 2014 – Sept, 2016)
CIRAS is a European reserach project cofunded by the prevention ….. CIPS is designed
Directorate-General (DG) Migration and Home Affairs
Terrorism & other Security-related Risks (CIPS)
The Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks (CIPS) programme is designed to protect citizens and critical infrastructures from terrorist attacks and other security incidents.
It does this by fostering prevention and preparedness, particularly by improving the protection of critical infrastructures. At the same time, projects address consequence management – a key component for the smooth coordination of crisis management and security actions, in particular following terrorist attacks.

6. Madrid, Spain (Coordinator)
Consortium
Consortium partners:
Madrid, Spain (Coordinator)
Katowice, Poland
Munich, Germany
CIRAS project is carried out by 3 partners
The Institute of Innovative Technologies EMAG
The Centre for European Security Strategies  CESS

7. Support of decision making processes by:
Project´s goals
Support of decision making processes by:
Providing a methodology and toolset for the assessment of risks in a range of CIs considering several assets and threats
Comparing security alternatives from different perspectives, assessing:
risks reduction
costs and benefits
qualitative criteria (society, politics
, ethics ,laws, environment…)
Qualitative criteria are defined as criteria of relevance for a decision which cannot be quantified by a certain physical or logical dimension in the way costs or quantities of damages can be quantified. The qualitative criteria tool tries to integrate the different non-tangible decision parameters into an evaluation process. (VS’ D4.2 annex)

8. Management & Coordination (ATOS) Requirements & Concept (CESS)
CIRAS Workflow
Management & Coordination (ATOS)
Requirements & Concept (CESS)
Design (EMAG)
Implementation (ATOS)
Validation (CESS)
Dissemination & Exploitation (EMAG)

9. Security measures (alternatives)
CIRAS in a nutshell
Integrated results
Comparison
#1 Transport Use Cases
#2 Energy Use Cases
Assets
RRA – Risk Reduction Assessment
CBA – Cost-Benefit Assessment
QCA – Qualitative Criteria Assm.
Threats
Societal, ethical, political, …
Economical
Security measures (alternatives)
to be compared
Decision context
Scenarios
Impact

10. Project´s outcomes
CIRAS provides a methodology and toolset for the assessment and management of risks in a wide range of CIs exposed to threats and incidents.
The CIRAS Decision Support System (DSS) provides a comparison of different Security Measures Alternatives.
Qualitative criteria are defined as criteria of relevance for a decision which cannot be quantified by a certain physical or logical dimension in the way costs or quantities of damages can be quantified. The qualitative criteria tool tries to integrate the different non-tangible decision parameters into an evaluation process. (VS’ D4.2 annex)

11. Project´s outcomes
Risk Reduction Assessment: for measuring the risk reduction capability of the different Security Measures and the Alternatives that include them
Cost and Benefit Assessment: for assessing the different alternatives based on the cost and future benefits of the Security Measures considered during a certain period of years.
Qualitative Criteria Assessment: for the assessment of “social” and other non-tangible criteria related to the Security Measures  thus putting into numbers these criteria that are, otherwise, difficult to measure objectively.
Aggregate Results are provided to compare all the alternatives individually and together using any number of assessments.
Qualitative criteria are defined as criteria of relevance for a decision which cannot be quantified by a certain physical or logical dimension in the way costs or quantities of damages can be quantified. The qualitative criteria tool tries to integrate the different non-tangible decision parameters into an evaluation process. (VS’ D4.2 annex)

12. Thank you for your attention! Jaime Martín Pérez
CIRAS Project Coordinator
Deputy head of Homeland Security and Defence Sector
ATOS Spain
Co-funded by the Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks Programme of the European Union (HOME/2013/CIPS/AG/ )